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This episode was so relatable. My son is 3 1/2 with profound ADHD, Autism and a severe communication disorder. The isolation is real. People stop asking you to do things because they already know the answer. Although I do try to find as many things we can say yes to but it’s difficult. My child is such a safety concern as well so I totally understood that. It also helps to hear from someone as well known as Curt to be brave enough to share his family’s story. I see a lot of me in Ana. I’ve become consumed to the point that I’ve starting forgetting who I used to be. I also have three older children who still need me. Thanks for sharing. It helped so much!
On my podcast app it seems that this is a different episode than the one described?
Yes. I accidentally uploaded the wrong file at first. It was fixed a week ago. You probably need to delete the episode from your app and RE-download it. Many of the apps automatically download new episodes when they are released if you’ve subscribed to that podcast.
Thank you!
The isolation is real. No one understands it f they don’t have an ASD child with this type of “presentation” and symptoms. I can’t let anyone in to our house or get too close to them, they wouldn’t understand. My younger son’s friends, their moms, I can’t share too much. If I do, I can visibly see them backing away, frightened. Family doesn’t understand either, they end up judging and assuming that the behaviors are due to poor parenting or a lack of effort from us to secure services. Everyone who might visit or see a glimpse thinks that they know the answers and how to “fix” the behaviors and situation (like teaching functional life skills that are very challenging to teach).
No amount of explaining gets through to those who don’t live our lives. And like Penny said, it’s exhausting to have to explain. Even “experts” like BTs have very limited knowledge of the ASD brain & perspective.