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Category: Special Needs

A Mom Share About Autism: Really BIG Mistakes

May 10, 2021 nhdonovan Leave a comment

When Jack was having a hard time writing, his BCBA bought him an huge eraser “for really big mistakes” printed…

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Posted in: Blog, Special Needs Filed under: #alifesuspended, #autism, #autismawareness, #educate, #nhdwrites, #parenting, #reallybigmistakes, #regulation, #resilientlife, #specialneeds, #support, #zonesofregulation

A Mom Share About Autism: White Knuckling It

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Super cute, right? What people can’t see is that I am totally white knuckling it. My breathing has been shallow…

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Posted in: Blog, Special Needs Filed under: #alifesuspended, #asd, #autism, #autismawareness, #disregulation, #empathy, #mentalhealth, #nhdwrites, #parenting, #reflectivewriter, #specialneeds, #storyiseverything

Beautifully Different

February 11, 2020 nhdonovan Leave a comment

(Published on The MIGHTY: When I Shifted How I View My Son on the Autism Spectrum) As a parent who…

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Posted in: Blog, Special Needs Filed under: #asd, #aspergers, #autismlabels, #autismmom, #autismparent, #beautifullydifferent, Autism, specialneedsparenting

Unexpected Gifts

June 21, 2018 nhdonovan 1 Comment

As I glanced around the large conference room table, I saw the many faces of my son’s educational team. From…

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Belly Laugh!

April 11, 2018 nhdonovan 3 Comments

My son and I were in the checkout line of a clothing store recently. A child, whom we could not…

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Dear Mr. President, a Letter from My Son…

April 5, 2018 nhdonovan Leave a comment

On January 20th, 2017 my son was asked to write a letter to our new president, Donald Trump. It was…

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Flipping the Switch

February 9, 2018 nhdonovan Leave a comment

Flipping the Switch: Changing How We View Our Child’s Differences “Mom, do you think Alexander Hamilton had Asperger’s?” My twelve-year-old…

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Open House, Open Heart

January 23, 2018 nhdonovan 2 Comments

I had the pleasure of attending an open house at my son’s school. His program is comprised of students who…

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