Benjamin’s JOLLY and BRIGHT Christmas

It’s been such a wonderful season in Ben’s life. He is just so happy, and talkative, and joyous.  Coming off of one of the worst years of dangerous face breaking seizures, it’s so wonderful to see him happy and joyful again.  He’s still having seizures, pretty much just as often, but thankfully none that have injured him in many months. (Something we have been specifically praying for, so THANK YOU LORD!)  I wanted to share some photos and events with Autism Momma fanbase, (which is currently mostly just people we know, but who knows LOL). Plus, I find it increasingly Read More

Help! I don’t know how to treat my friend’s Special Needs kid!

Do I say hello even though I know he’s not going to say hello back? I mean, he doesn’t talk, right? But wait, maybe he does talk a little. Do I say hello and wait expectantly for him to return the greeting, looking right at him and waiting? I’ve heard sometimes he does talk and I don’t want to be rude and not acknowledge that he can, in fact, do that. Or maybe it’s just that he can’t hear me, maybe I need to move closer,  get right in his face and say HELLO over and over again!!!! Maybe that Read More

Who WE Are

Hello!! Welcome to the Autism Momma Blog. I’m so glad you’re here. I just wanted to take a moment to introduce myself, our family, and tell you a little bit about WHY I am writing this blog. 🙂 My name is Willow, and my AWESOME husband is Jason… and we are parents of a Severe Autistic/Globally Delayed/Epileptic son… Benjamin Robert (15)! We ALSO are the parents of three younger NT kid, (Neuro Typical) Elijah (13), Micah (9), and Hannah Joy who is 3. Those are their ages as of this first post, March 2017. We live in beautiful Sonoma County Read More