I am an Autism Mom .
That took me years of tears and confusion, laughter and pain, fighting and advocating, plus rationalizing and self-blame.
to say and really feel.
It wasn't because I was ashamed or secretive about my son's diagnosis, I was actually very loud and proud.
As parents of special needs kids, we want to protect them from the label.
I too was afraid to let this label, this Autism Mom define me, become me, swallow me whole.
And just as I have treated my son as a person.