I never imagined I’d be the kind of parent lying awake at 2 a.m., googling curriculum plans and wondering if I’m capable of teaching my own child. Not because I don’t care about her education but because I care so much that the thought of getting it wrong feels unbearable. My daughter is autistic. She is funny in ways that catch you off guard, deeply thoughtful, and sees patterns in the world that I often miss entirely. She notices things most of us rush past. She feels thing

When the Routine Breaks: Getting Out the Door Anyway There are mornings where everything runs like clockwork. Shoes on (eventually).Toast eaten (mostly).Bag packed (after a reminder or five). And then there are mornings like today. Today, the routine broke. Not in a dramatic, obvious way. Nothing was “wrong” in the traditional sense. The school was open, the uniform was clean, the weather wasn’t even particularly offensive. But one small change, an external company coming in