Everyone encounters stress in their lives. Some might have to battle stress on a daily basis and others once in a while. When it comes to single parents of children with disabilities, the stress and struggle can overshadow our every move.
My daughter is a 7-year-old on the autism spectrum. When she was younger, I took her to multiple child developmental doctors, hoping to hear any encouraging words about her potential.
But instead, I was told that autism just meant she would forever be nonverbal, that my simplest wish to have her voice her opinion was far-fetched.
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