"I just realized... this parenting thing... doesn't end when they turn 18. Does it?" She laughed, but it wasn't funny—capturing the overwhelming responsibility.
"Ed smiled late, didn't point, lacked eye contact. All the things. Still, the pediatrician dismissed my concerns... like a shadow in his own diagnosis journey."
"Changing schools, finding therapists, autism experts. Ed biting and kicking, melting down when he couldn't express normal frustration. Anxiety ruling my pulse..."
"Years stuttered by. Grindingly hard years... Suspensions. IEP meetings. Ed wandering and the weight of constant concern felt suffocating in its solitude."
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