Never Ending

It never ends. Being the mother of not one but two autistic daughters, is never ending.

My oldest, who is full blown high-functioning, autistic, is 22 and aggressive. Not a great combination. Her mental/emotional side is somewhere between 9 and 19. She watches Barney and the Wiggles and Glee, The Waltons and anything to do with Princesses.

She is not on prescribed meds but takes a natural supplement called 'Calm' to do just that. We have to give her this daily so she can sleep. She has to stay on a strict schedule or there is 'hell to pay'.

Our other daughter has Aspergers and is our computer geek. Thank G-d. I don't believe her older, computer illiterate parents could live without her.  She is our very smart but has typical emotional problems that Aspies usually have.

At the moment, we are having serious sleep issues with the oldest. Two nights ago, she was up for the..entire...night. And unfortunately, so was I. It's a good thing that I don't work outside the house; I wouldn't have the energy to drag myself anywhere.

Most blogs I read concern about young children that are autistic. Well this will have a new bent. Because there is a whole bunch of different when dealing with teenaged and adult 'kids'.