There are some topics I wonder\/obsess about, that I am interested in including in my book. The book is aimed at autism parents, but it is not strictly about parenting. It is more about finding happiness while parenting. I have talked to tons of people, but I still want to know the following, and feel free to send me your thoughts in a private email. Always let me know if I have permission to quote you in the book, and to mention your child’s name and your state\/country.<\/p>\n
Here goes:<\/p>\n
What do you think of the concept of the Autism Spectrum? Do you find the wide spectrum a helpful, applicable and relevant concept for your child and for your family’s needs?<\/p>\n
Do you think that diagnoses are most of the time accurate when kids first get them? (I mean the first formal diagnosis of ASD) Did your child’s diagnosis change in one way or another since then? To what do you attribute that? (faulty diagnosis? something you did that helped? something else?)<\/p>\n
Aside from finding a cure, if that is what you wish for, what else<\/span> do you wish researchers would work on, or what is most needed to make your life easier<\/span> (education approaches; bona fide mainstream medical establishment research into the alternative biomed strategies like GF-CF, omega 3, and chelation; funding for family support; generous insurance; you tell me …?)<\/p>\n Do you want to say anything about the earliest days, how you first knew about the oldest child’s autism? What helped you, or what was not helpful <\/span>(stuff your doctor told you, something a family member did or said, etc.)?<\/p>\n Also, do you go out with your friends much? How do you manage it? Do you have family to help? Sitters? A respite worker? How did you find them?<\/p>\n How are things feeling with your spouse? <\/p>\n Do you all go on vacations together? How do you do that? Anything you have learned that makes it easier? <\/p>\n What fun things do you do with your kids?<\/p>\n Are you happy (you, yourself, not in terms of anything or anyone else<\/span>) a) most of the time? Why do you think that is the case?<\/p>\n Do you have a parent who would like to say something about having an autistic grandchild<\/span> and what was helpful to know about that grandchild? Please have them contact me, if so.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" There are some topics I wonder\/obsess about, that I am interested in including in my book. The book is aimed at autism parents, but it is not strictly about parenting. It is more about finding happiness while parenting. I have talked to tons of people, but I still want to know the following, and feel […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-399","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pSTth-6r","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/susansenator.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/399","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/susansenator.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/susansenator.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/susansenator.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/susansenator.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=399"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/susansenator.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/399\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/susansenator.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=399"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/susansenator.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=399"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/susansenator.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=399"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
b) some of the time? c) almost never?<\/p>\n