Coping with Severe Autism: The Missing Element

Does your child’s severe autism leave you so tired and exhausted that you sometimes don’t even have time to take a shower?

Are your family and friends deserting you because they don’t like the smell of your incontinent child’s soiled laundry?

Maybe you need the missing element.

Dealing with severe autism can be overwhelming when the symptoms prevent your child from caring for him or herself. And it is not just symptoms relating strictly to autism that make life difficult, but the common comorbidities associated with autism.1 You have to do everything for your child, from brushing teeth to cleaning after a bowel …read more