Special Needs Parenting Quotes

“I definitely think mothers of children with disabilities have to have extraordinary courage every day...Because we all know our children have value and worth and potential, but the everyday world sometimes doesn’t.'
—Linda Strobel in Up: A Love Letter to the Down Syndrome Community”
― Ashley Asti, Up: A Love Letter to the Down Syndrome Community

“He didn’t need to be ‘fixed.’ He needed to be understood.”
― Dr. Simbi Animashaun, Spectrum of Love: My Journey Through Autism: A Mother's Story of Love, Advocacy, and Awareness

“What we fail to teach our children and what the community fails to see is that we
need inclusion and acceptance, not superficial chesed. I’m not looking for someone to
come and sit with my child, call her cute and feel like they’ve done something good.
No, I need people to come alongside us during the hard times as well. You don’t just
get to host my child for a meal or a night and check a box that you’ve done
integration. True acceptance is completely integrating my child in all aspects of
society.”
― Jodi Samuels, Chutzpah, Wisdom and Wine: The Journey of an Unstoppable Woman

“The Crazy Mother’s Guide To Raising Exceptional Children Is For All Parents Who Have Days When They Want To Run Away And Join The Circus.
– Sonia D. Hebdon”
― Sonia D. Hebdon, The Crazy Mother's Guide To Raising Exceptional Children: An Aussie Mum's First Hand Experience Parenting Children Who Have Autism Spectrum Disorder and Dissociative Identity Disorder.

“Autism didn’t change my love—it deepened it.”
― Dr. Simbi Animashaun, Spectrum of Love: My Journey Through Autism: A Mother's Story of Love, Advocacy, and Awareness

“Representation matters. Our stories matter. Black families deserve to be seen in every conversation about autism.”
― Dr. Simbi Animashaun, Spectrum of Love: My Journey Through Autism: A Mother's Story of Love, Advocacy, and Awareness

“The hardest part of parenting through autism isn’t the diagnosis—it’s the silence that follows when support doesn’t come.”
― Dr. Simbi Animashaun, Spectrum of Love: My Journey Through Autism: A Mother's Story of Love, Advocacy, and Awareness

“There is no single spectrum. Every child colors their world in their own way—and every hue is worthy of love.”
― Dr. Simbi Animashaun, Spectrum of Love: My Journey Through Autism: A Mother's Story of Love, Advocacy, and Awareness