" I hold onto her hand and vow that I won’t let her freeze to death in that tempting snow drift, so I too, mustn’t go there or we’ll both freeze."

This quote is from Eustacia Cutler, mother of Temple Grandin. This is exactly how I feel as to how I should be as a mother to my son.

"Temple isn’t ‘cured’ of her autism. She is fulfilled – and she’s fulfilled in the way that SHE wants to be fulfilled. THAT is the goal."

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"There are no answers. There are only choices. And making choices takes a kind of persistent courage."

 "The problem with being a parent is that it’s on-the-job training."

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