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4 Mar 2025
Q&A

Gil T

What are your experiences of trying to meet your children’s needs?

I have 3 kids and one of them has Autism. He is very particular with what he eats so we always prepare his food separately. He is very sensitive to noise so I can’t take him to any other recreational spaces where other kids normally go. I have to pay for sensory spaces. I can’t walk down the street with him like any other family does because of his sensitivity to passing cars. I had to buy a car and all the other expenses that comes with owning a car. It’s difficult to hold a full time Job because I am constantly called back to pick him up because he is having a meltdown. I am constantly torn between being a provider and being a mom.

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Changing Realities (2023), Gil T. https://changingrealities.org/e/auZTQ (04 Mar 2025)
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