I'm a single mom who left my ex because he was cheating on me. He ended up marrying the other woman, and I'm raising our son who has ADHD and Asperger's. I chose to fight for custody (luckily it was only a dissolution and we both agreed!) because I knew my son needed me as his biggest advocate. I have full custody and choose to leave my ex with only the things I choose to let him in on. It is very hard being a single parent raising a child with special needs! I love this site for branching me out to get support! Hugs!

@A MyAutismTeam Member, glad you have an advocate. That is an important piece of the puzzle that I wished I had learned about several years ago.
@GinnieBonnici, my condolences. I can't even begin to fathom navigating through the new diagnosis, a sudden death, and all the changes you both had to adapt to moving forward.
In my situation, we were a military family. My son was diagnosed at age 2 while his father was deployed to the Middle East. We didn't even last a year after the diagnosis. We moved to separate locations, his father remarried immediately, and since then he and his wife refuse to acknowledge that our boy has a disability that he struggles with on a daily basis. It has made for some very difficult situations with visitation (they lived overseas for 3 years, but are now in the US). Lots of misunderstandings and unfair treatment of our little boy as he struggles to adapt.

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I hear ya. ;)

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Hi Ginnie, thanks for pointing me to this. I signed. ABA Therapy has made a huge difference in our lives. We are fortunate to have a health provider that covers it.