by Jess Ronne | Feb 23, 2021 | Adult Advocates, Families, Mental Health
Approximately five years ago, my husband Ryan and I began experiencing a mental health crisis. We lived in rural Tennessee with our 8 children, including our son Lucas who has special needs and profound autism. Lucas’s needs never felt like a big deal when he was...
by Sandra Peoples | Jun 1, 2020 | Autism, Challenges, Special Needs Parenting
My son, who has level 3 autism, really struggles when he’s out of his routine. His anxiety is high, and for him that means obsessive-compulsive behavior and sometimes aggression and self injury. A few weeks into being out of his routine due to COVID 19, it got so...
by Key Ministry | Jun 21, 2019 | Autism, Living Life Daily, Special Needs Parenting
It was 4 a.m. and my son J was still awake. This was the third such night in a row and I was exhausted. You know the kind of tired that feels like your head is stuffed with cotton wool? The saying, “It’s always darkest before the dawn,” is true. Things get crazy after...
