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Financial Planning for a Child with Disabilities: Long-Term Security Strategies

Let’s just get this out of the way: financial planning for a child with disabilities is not for the faint of heart. It’s like trying to build a sandcastle during a hurricane—on a budget—while also filling out 30 pages of government paperwork. Welcome to my world. I’m a mom to a daughter with Pitt Hopkins […]

It’s Not You, It’s… Actually Me: Therapy, Autism, and Learning to Be Enough

Let’s get this part out of the way: My therapist has sent me two Autism evaluations. And I keep telling her—I’m autistic. Like, this isn’t news to me. It’s not a surprise. But apparently, getting the paper trail matters. For a long time, I minimized it. I masked it. I overcompensated. I played the part […]