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 Choosing my battles

This carries forward the thought of my previous point. I used to worry over every little thing my son Vedant did when actually I can’t be worrying over whether he finished his peas or not when I’m still working on his speech . I would go to a party, someone came to Vedant and greeted him. He said..well..nothing at all. He was where he feels the most comfortable :in his bubble. When I would come back home, rather than being proud over how well he did being around so many people, not having a behavior, not having a meltdown and not escaping away or having an accident or I would be upset that he didn’t say a hello back and that he had such poor social skills? Now, on retrospect I realize that I will need to choose my battles carefully. There will be so many challenges that will come my way. I can’t , rather should not ,try to fight each and every one of those or I will be draining myself out. I would, instead , save that effort for a bigger challenge where I’ll need it most. Also, sometime you just want to put your weapons down and live your imperfect moment in the most perfect way you can; and that’s what I’ve started doing and feels like a weight off my shoulder.

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tulikaprasad

I'm mom to a beautiful son who is on the Autism Spectrum. I love to share stories and experiences about our journey and learn from other families along the way. Autism has changed our family and our perspective and my mission is to be part of that change that will make the world a more inclusive place for special kids like my son.

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