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Empowerment = Success ! We taught our son with compassion not insults.

RAPID DESTRUCTION ! As years went by we saw our son rapidly be reduced to a person who was surviving on: Isolation Sadness Resentment Hate Depression Low self esteem Anger Self hate Being a mistake WHEN YOU JUST DON T FIT When you hear your child saying: What is wrong with me? Why was I born? I hate myself.

ENOUGH IS ENOUGH ! We knew it was time for US to make the changes we wanted for our son, and not to leave it in the hope that OTHERS would change .

We helped him learn positive ways to work with his differences not to fight them.

We helped our son to love himself as a whole and to embrace his differences.

I am dumb.

Especially when society was judging us greatly and slowly isolating us as a family.

I wish I was dead.

I am useless.

Not to mention the education institution removing our son daily in front of his peers, and showing him that he was not welcomed nor acceptable to be amongst others.

Took snippets of the knowledge out there yet still kept grounded as to what we as parents wanted, and what wonderful knowledge we could instill in our son.

Alarm bells go off, you know changes need to happen.

Remember to separate facts and opinions/personal beliefs.

We loved and still love our son as a whole.

We were our sons best advocates and will not let anyone run him down.....

I am a mistake.

Learn about Autism / Aspergers / ASD, yet keep it in perspective.

STEPS WE TOOK THAT ALLOWED OUR SON TO FEEL JOY Re-evaluate our expectations.

Tune in to who our child genuinely was, not what the stereotypical child is, based on social beliefs.

We took our power back as parents.

We look at mistakes as lessons not as major stuff-ups.

Keep reminding ourselves that as parents we held the most power.