Ask Autism Moms

It feels like Gavin, more than ever, has a brain full of noise. He is trying to get past it all. There are moments he will look through videos on my phone during our many weekend car rides or even a short ride to his therapy clinic. He has managed…

After getting this site back up this afternoon, I felt a little bit more grounded, like I was navigating all of this better in my mind. I miss having a blog because I’m old. I’m 42, after all. Anyway, I just left to pick up my oldest son, whom I…

Gavin’s autism is not Level 1, Level 2, or Level 3. I would call it life-threatening.  He is almost always in cognitive distress. When Gavin was 6, I was so tired and so lost that I looked for a psychiatrist to help him. At only 6 years old, he was…