Letting Go, Leaning In: What My Son Taught Me About Support, Trust, and Growth Parenting an autistic teenager means living in a constant dance between teaching, reinforcing, relearning, and sometimes quietly stepping aside. With my son Sheamus, that dance has been my daily rhythm for years. I’ve taught him basic living skills over and over. Cooking. Laundry. Social awareness. Safety. The fundamentals that build independence. Some of them stick. Some of them fade, not out of defiance, but out ...

Letting Go, Leaning In: What My Son Taught Me About Support, Trust, and Growth Parenting an autistic teenager means living in a constant dance between teaching, reinforcing, relearning, and sometimes quietly stepping aside. With my son Sheamus, that dance has been my daily rhythm for years. I’ve taught him basic living skills over and over. Cooking. Laundry. Social awareness. Safety. The fundamentals that build independence. Some of them stick. Some of them fade, not out of defiance, but out ...