14/07/2026
As you all know I’m mum
to Nicola who has Aspergers and work as an Autism specialist LSM.
With both hats on parent and LSM I have found over time the more you push your ASD person out of their comfort zone the better their progress for life after school will be. When Nic was younger I used to be one of those mums where everything had to be done to allow Nic to just be in her Autistic world and in my mind that was final. One day I realised that life isn’t a straight line and basically I was setting her up to fail. When our ASD children grow up life is impossible to keep on a straight line. It has twists and turns and lumps and bumps. So for many years now we have taken Nicola out of her comfort zone. Some times successfully sometimes not. Nicola does like routine and certain ways of doing things. But because we have taught her life isn’t a straight line. Most of the time she can cope with change etc. So just have a think when you do that thing whatever it might be because you think it’s needed. The more you do that are you actually doing that person any favours.
After all said and done nothing bad ever came of us teaching Nic that life isn’t a straight line. Only good.
