When you’re an autism mom, finding another parent who “gets it” is rare. Raising a child with autism comes with its own set of rules, and to someone outside our squad, they may seem a bit unusual. Here are 26 Signs You May Be An Autism Mom.
Your idea of Self Care is drying your hair
You can read a room better than an FBI Agent
You’ve got padlocks, chain locks, and chimes on every door in your home, but your kid still manages to get out
You’ve got an entrance & exit strategy for McDonald’s
You’ve explained “The Autism” to your Aunt Linda 100 times, and she still doesn’t get it
You took 1,000 pictures of your kid, and every single one is blurry
You interrupt your sentences with “Wait, Where’s my kid?”
You never pee in public anywhere anymore. There’s no time
You’ve “got a guy” at Blue Cross Blue Shield
You’ve got 1.5 million toys, and your child prefers an extension cord & a coat hanger
You could wallpaper your home & your mother’s with all of the SPED paperwork you get
You understand there is no such thing as buying too many wipes or too much cereal
You’ve ever hummed the Lil Jon rap classic Get Low as you are cleaning the poop off your, well, windows and walls
You’ve ever pulled a muscle carrying paperwork into an IEP Meeting
You’ve ever let your child watch YouTube for three hours straight
You’ve said “Get back here” 65 times today
You’ve ever legit panicked over a missing iPad
You’ve ever gotten dizzy from rolling your eyes when other parents talk about how hard homework is
All of the Favorites in your browser are Acronyms: IEP, SPED, IDEA, UTI
You’ve said “Don’t Poop in the Bathtub” three times today
You’ve ever let your kid run around the house naked
You understand the difference between vegan & gluten/casein free diets
You’ve said “Don’t put your wiener there” ten times today
You’ve ever (almost) cussed someone out on the cereal aisle at Walmart because of how they looked at your child, but realized that’s just their face
You’ve held it together all day long only to lost your mind when Wendy’s tells you they are cleaning their Frosty machine
You get heart palpitations when you see the school’s number on caller id
You just wish more people understood.
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