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Am I good enough for my sons?

EmmaJK80

Hello! I have 2 amazing autistic children aged 12 and 9 who are non-verbal and also have global delay and sensory processing diversities. After speaking to their teachers, I realise it looks like they will need full-time care aside from me when they are adults. Frankly, I want to care for them and feel heartbroken I am not enough. I try my best and feel my efforts to help them have not been enough. I wonder if this is just how all parents feel regardless of if they have neurodiverse children or neurotypical ones - that their children will leave the nest.

How do I help my sons best? 

Best wishes, Emma 

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  • Sometimes you will try with all your might to take care of others, and you won't succeed in taking care of every single thing by yourself, but at least you can take care of - some - things, and that is better than nothing. I know it's difficult sometimes to see the things that you have done, because you are looking at what you are lacking, so you have to remind yourself at some point during the day, of the things you did manage to do for them that day. And I'm sure that if you need additional assistance for your children, there's services to help you out. 

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  • Sometimes you will try with all your might to take care of others, and you won't succeed in taking care of every single thing by yourself, but at least you can take care of - some - things, and that is better than nothing. I know it's difficult sometimes to see the things that you have done, because you are looking at what you are lacking, so you have to remind yourself at some point during the day, of the things you did manage to do for them that day. And I'm sure that if you need additional assistance for your children, there's services to help you out. 

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