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Only In My Dreams
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Only In My Dreams

By Catherine Berg|2021-03-04T09:39:53-05:00March 3rd, 2021|Categories: Parenting|Tags: autistic daughter, severe autism, stimming|

"The life we live with Anna is nothing like the life I see in my dreams, but I’ve come to learn that not everything is the way we imagine." Sometimes it hits me when I least expect it. I was sitting in front of my computer reading my son's high school athletic face [...]

The New Normal
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The New Normal

By Catherine Berg|2020-02-12T11:43:31-05:00February 10th, 2020|Categories: Autism Awareness, Kids, Parenting|Tags: autistic daughter, diagnosis, new normal, therapy|

The New Normal. I've always hated phrases like, "the new normal," or "it is what it is." In my eyes these expressions are just the lazy person's way of not trying hard enough to make a difficult situation better. We'll just call it, "the new normal" and move on. I can't make it [...]