Reflections
Essays from Kristy Forbes exploring PDA, autistic experience, parenting, identity, care, systems and the ordinary moments that shape family life.
Lay the flowers at your own feet
Speaker: [00:00:00] I was thinking this morning about when my children were younger, all four of them. Three of them were at school and one was still in a sling attached to my body. All four of my children are autistic, ...
From Shame to Safety: For those of us who didn't understand our child's neurodivergence, and caused harm they now carry every day.
I think it's so important for those of us who are able to be honest about our earlier days and our learning, to share it. So I want you to know that if you have caused harm in your parenting due to being unsupported, und...
Lay the flowers at your own feet
I would sob in isolation, convinced I didn’t know how to raise my children correctly because I was looking for the ‘right’ (safest, socially acceptable) answer.
I would criticize myself, reject myself, blame myself for ...