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Reflections

Essays from Kristy Forbes exploring PDA, autistic experience, parenting, identity, care, systems and the ordinary moments that shape family life.

I Stopped Waiting for Things to Get Easier

Aug 16, 2026

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ThereĀ have been many times in our family where life felt soĀ hard and stayed feeling so hard for much longer than I expected it to.

I would spend weeks thinking that once we got through a particular thing, once everyo...

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