Trying to become a better parent while rejecting the one you are now What if trying so hard to become a better parent is actually making parenting feel even harder? As autism parents, we can carry an exhausting list of expectations. I should be calmer. I should have...

Living in the contrast There is a difference between getting through your life and actually feeling alive in it. As parents of autistic children, we can become incredibly good at functioning. We organise, advocate, anticipate, manage, support and solve. But underneath...

The Power of You When you’re raising an autistic child, it can become very easy for your own life to slowly disappear beneath appointments, advocacy, therapies, school meetings and everyone else’s needs. But you are still here. In this episode of Living Inspired with...

So what? Two small words can create a surprisingly powerful shift: So what? As parents of autistic children, our brains can become incredibly good at spotting problems. A call from the school, a meltdown in public, a difficult behaviour or a milestone that hasn’t...

The school called.....again...!?? Seeing the school’s number pop up on your phone can make your stomach drop before you even answer. In this episode of Living Inspired with Autism, I’m talking about the emotional weight parents of autistic children can carry when...

When autism no longer controls you What if the obstacle you are facing did not have to disappear before you could experience more freedom? In this episode of Living Inspired with Autism, Antoinette explores what it means to become the parent and person for whom an...