Reflections
Essays from Kristy Forbes exploring PDA, autistic experience, parenting, identity, care, systems and the ordinary moments that shape family life.
I Stopped Getting Up to Play. I Started Playing From the Floor.
Jul 25, 2026
There was a long stretch of years where I believed I was failing my children because I couldn't get up.
I'd absorbed all the messaging about play. Get on the floor. Follow their lead. Be animated, be available, enter...
Where my grief came from.
Jul 15, 2021
This morning as I was barefoot walking through the garden, connecting with the earth, I felt a deep sadness come over me.
My instinct was to push the sadness away and to think of something else fast in order to
...You have permission to protect your energy.
Feb 24, 2021
It's okay to let others squirm a little; to provide them an opportunity to take responsibility for their discomfort.
It's okay for us to speak up, to correct pronouns, to share our language preferences and to a
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