I have 2 boys with autism spectrum disorder. I often feel like I have 3 kids and 2 jobs also. (I have 5 children total). I feel like I cannot even reach these 2 and wonder what to do all the time. I feel so frustrated.
On the other hand, for as hard as things are with those 2, other people seem envious of me over my other children. I get asked by parents how I managed to get my children to be this way or do that.
I think maybe overall, I guess I have it good. It is really hard to have 2 kids who everyone thinks are the best things on the planet and then 2 kids with special needs. Then others must compare. My 5th child is only 13 months old so who knows how things will go with him. But I cannot even have the children in the same schools, same extra curricular activities, etc. Plus, as awful as this sounds, I dread the day my "easy" children leave and I am at home with 2 children with ASD and still feeling clueless.
On the other hand, for as hard as things are with those 2, other people seem envious of me over my other children. I get asked by parents how I managed to get my children to be this way or do that.
I think maybe overall, I guess I have it good. It is really hard to have 2 kids who everyone thinks are the best things on the planet and then 2 kids with special needs. Then others must compare. My 5th child is only 13 months old so who knows how things will go with him. But I cannot even have the children in the same schools, same extra curricular activities, etc. Plus, as awful as this sounds, I dread the day my "easy" children leave and I am at home with 2 children with ASD and still feeling clueless.
