Category: Do This For You. Do This For Them.

  • Prioritize Your Healing: It’s Your Turn

    Prioritize Your Healing: It’s Your Turn

    As caregivers, especially those raising neurodivergent children in Black and Brown communities, we often delay our own care. We postpone doctor appointments. We ignore fatigue. We silence pain. And too often, we normalize survival. But let me tell you this truth: Your healing is sacred, and it should not–cannot–wait. Recently, I found myself postponing my…

  • The Hidden Crisis: Caregiver Burnout

    The Hidden Crisis: Caregiver Burnout

    When people talk about autism support, they usually focus on the child—what therapies they need, which programs are best, and how schools can help them thrive. But what often gets left out of the conversation is this: Who’s supporting the parent? Behind every therapy session, IEP meeting, and sleepless night is a caregiver trying to…

  • Creating Quality of Life for Caregivers

    Creating Quality of Life for Caregivers

    This May, we will participate in Mental Health Awareness Month. This will be our time to reflect on the importance of our mental well-being, especially for those of us who care for others. Caregiving is sacred and essential work, but too often, it comes at the expense of our own wellness. The truth is simple:…