: About Me

I am a self-employed mother of two boys. One of which is autistic. I have become actively involved in helping raise money for the research to help families secure required services needed for autistic family members and loved ones.

My passion is ...

to learn everything I can about autism

I know too much about ...

nothing. Always room to learn more.

My parents always told me ...

to stop argiung

My childhood ambition ...

Be the best I could be!

My favorite memory ...

Birth of my children

Why I write ...

I love to

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

to learn more

My first job ...

fast food

My best moment ...

meeting my husband

My inspiration ...

my children

Parenting & Pregnancy > Special Needs Adjusting to the news that you have a special needs child

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I never thought having a premature baby would happen to me. It surely wouldn't happen to me because I did everything the doctor asked me to do. I took my vitamins, I went to every prenatal visit, ate well, and got enough sleep. I never envisioned Andrew being born at twenty-six weeks, weighing one pound two ounces, ten and a half inches long and now had to fight just to survive. Everything changed at my fourth month check-up. My doctor told me she didn't think my baby was growing at the proper rate. This was cause for concern at this point and I was instructed to get an ultra-sound II as w...

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