Special Needs 🇺🇸

I grieve the mother I could have been if I wasn’t forced to become a researcher, advocate, therapist, coordinator, and crisis manager. Special needs parenting changes so much, that sometimes you mourn the softer version of motherhood you once imagined.

Hi friends! My daughter has type II bipolar, OCD, anxiety, ARFID, and CPTSD from her dad (my ex). We had a rough 7 years until we got her care dialed in, but she's 19 and doing great now! My son is 11 and has ADHD and Celiac's disease.

Hey everyone. I’m a mom of 4. We are currently homeless living in a hotel. My son has autism and recently started having siezures. His dad and I have missed work due to bringing him to so many appointments. I’m so stressed because now we are short to pay for our room. I have gone to social services and 211 and they were useless. Any advice?

Oceanside to be exact I’d love to start playdates for my kids and make mom friends if anyone is interested and would like to?!?

I have two boys who have a rare genetic mutation that causes them to be delayed and have a heart condition. Anyways we were enjoying the pool the other day , my boys love the water and it’s one of the norm things they can really enjoy . Both me and dad were in the pool with them my youngest being 13 months was in his floaty which I thought was safe . And I was talking to dad when I realized my yougest drifted off and as I noticed this I start to go get him and in that moment he went to dunk his head in the water which his floaty made him flip over . Scariest moment of my life , I was able to swim and get him and thankfully he’s ok . But now I’m just reliving this over in my head feeling so guilty I didn’t keep him at my arms length . I’ve done a lot of research and he will never go in this floaty again . And I’ve ordered safest ones . But has anyone dealt with a traumatic situation?