H is for Hope

Today’s post will be short and sweet.

I know, at times, the obstacles for parents of children on the spectrum may seem overwhelming. Hang in there. Celebrate the small things.

Mama Bear walked into J’s room the other day. He was sitting in the middle of the floor playing with his dinosaurs. When she stuck her head into his room to check on him, he looked up at her smiled and said hi! Doesn’t sound like much to a parent of a neurotypical child but this was the first time in his whole life that J acknowledged someone and spoke first, unprompted.

Today, J participated in an Easter Egg hunt at his school. The teachers gave each child a cartoon in a specific color and instructed them to find and collect only the eggs in that color. J found all six of his.

Little things like this keep the hope alive.

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