autism and christmas

How To Help Your Autistic Child with Santa

ByKori July 23, 2018October 4, 2021

Seeing Santa Claus can be a challenging task for any child. I have several pictures of myself with Santa when I was younger- and in all of them I’m either crying or wiping up tears. For autistic children, seeing Santa Claus can be a downright nightmare. Both for the parents and the child. In fact,…

Parenting an Autistic Child

The Year That I Made Santa Claus Cry

ByKori October 23, 2016June 9, 2022

Holidays with a non-verbal autistic child have never been easy. In fact, some holidays have fallen by the wayside completely- I’m looking at you Easter and Halloween. That’s not for a lack of trying because we did try. And maybe some holidays were salvaged or at least scaled down. Easter just couldn’t work for us…