PERSONAL NARRATIVE
LOVING MOM WONDERS
How Her ASD Daughter’s Life
Could Have Been Different
By Kari SHERWOOD
That is the question most autism parents have thought but never said out loud
because they’re afraid it means they don’t love or appreciate their child as they are.
M
y kids were both diagnosed on the mild
end of the autism spectrum. I will admit, it
makes my life a little easier, but they are still
on the spectrum, so I do worry. Sometimes
I feel guilty for worrying so much about my
kids. Like a parent’s level of worry should depend on
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which end of the spectrum their child falls. I know
there are individuals that struggle far more than
my kids with communication, sensory issues, motor skills, etc. so sometimes I tell myself that my kids
must not be on the spectrum. They can talk, they
have no motor skill deficits, very few sensory issues. I