This will be our first year celebrating Autism Awareness month and to get us kicked off right we purchase 40 Light bulbs and distributed them in our neighborhood to encourage our neighbors to light our neighborhood blue for Autism Awareness – we will see how it goes.
Personally, I have supported a lot of non-profit causes over the years and several of them focused on children. Still close to my heart is Junior Achievement, financially I continue to give to the ADA and AHA. This year we are adding a new cause which will be closer to our heart than other causes – and by initial exposure it is also full of families that are underserved in being able to have the resources available to ‘deal’ for lack of better words with an Autism Diagnosis.
We are fortunate in having the flexibility to work from home and have hours that allow us to spend more time with Michael. We again our fortunate to have financial resources and health insurance to get the hours of therapy he requires. On top of all that is the other stuff – getting our lives reorganized (literally and figuratively), having experiencing managing (which comes in handy with ‘managing’ all the therapists), trying toys, buying more expensive gluten-free foods, etc., etc., etc. – but there is so many families out there that don’t have that and very little resources/support systems to turn to. For me, I realize creating a support system at least for us is probably the most import part of us taking on this new challenge and taking on the good (and bad) days.
So this year I am hoping that everyone will lending a helping supportive hand to someone they know this year that might be going through something that is challenging or difficult. Not autism specific – it could be anything. With extremely busy schedules and the ever growing list of to-dos on your own list I am certain it is hard to find the time to do something extra for that person that maybe isn’t your immediate family member or even one of your closest friends – but, someone you know needs it.
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