5 Main Scarifications of a Mother of an Autistic child

I have lost many, but I have a happy family. 

👦My little Noah is turning 6 soon, remain non-verbal and still not able to go toilet independently. 

No doubt improvements are noticeable in the above area where, Noah is picking up on verbal imitation skills, achieve diaper free expect night time. 

Being a mother of an child with autism could never be easy. The power of mother has made me let go of

Career Growth

With more than 15 years of working experience, mostly in MNC status organization and a Master Degree holder, I have lost my career track for any potential career growth. My focus is more on the resources that able to be allocated to my boy. 

I still have a job, with the main purpose to supplement the income for the family, to support the fees for Noah's therapy. The commitment on to ensure spending enough quality time with Noah withhold me to take up for any potential path for career growth.

Stay At Home Mum - Struggling to earn income on the side

After taking into consideration of the weigh of family & job, many of us end up choose to be a full time stay at home mum. 

There was time where being a stay at home mother, having struggle to find opportunities to earn extra income to supplement the family. The main factors come from the fees that needed to support therapy class for the kid. Cost that spend for Autism therapy is often high. 

Health & Beauty

The improvement of the kid often the first priority of the mother, and where the most time and resources that be allocated to. As a result, the mother will left very little time to take care of herself. It makes very little time available for rest and time to take care of her appearance. 

Hobby & Interest

As the similar factors mentioned above, most time and resources has been allocation for the child and the mother left very little time for her own passion. 

Social Circle

The major focus lies on the family and the kid causes a distance from the mother to her previous social circle. We often feel that we have lost track to our old school mate, colleagues and often absent from those gathering. We often feel lonely and have no friend. 

Thanks to the social network nowadays that gather people like us, who share the same status in a group. The sharing and encouragement given in the group often give us strengths to move on. 

💓still, the love of a mother, the bonding with the son and a happy family is always well paid. As a mother, those scarifications made still worth the value. I am proud to be a mother of an Autistics child.