10/15/2025
Not all days are same with my child. Not everyday hour is the same. But we are not giving up. I’m constantly struggling to make my son learn to improve his sitting tolerance, control his impulses to pinch/bite/ scratch someone when he’s very happy, or stimulated and/or frustrated. Parents of neurotypical children judge me, pass on comments like “She’s too hard on him.” “She doesn’t let her son be, always training and correcting him.”
Yes, I am not perfect but I am a mother and I care. I am worried that if something happens to me my son wouldn’t know how to ask for food, how to express that he needs to be cleaned because he doesn’t even understand if he’s soiled his diaper with p*e or p**p, he waits for a prompt everytime. He has not learned to sit quietly and enjoy playing with his toys. He needs someone to model it and play it for him while he can enjoy watching it.
He does not know what is good or bad for him. If after vigorous training I can teach my son to use the washroom with verbal prompts independently from reliving to cleaning and changing his clothes and take a shower almost independently. Chances are he would learn to take care of himself by default with years and years of practice. That’s what I am hoping for