Stresses

I don't mean to be so nasty...really, I don't. I went through several rough patches over the summer last year. One instance: a letter from the school's transportation department saying, Oops, we sent you a letter, telling you when the bus is coming to pick up your son for summer school by mistake because we say he *isn't* going to summer school. I thought I was going to throw up. I do have an IEP that tells me that he is *qualified* (and thus is supposed to get) extended year services for the summer. While I realize it is not the end of the world--there are other options, but I've had plans set for summer for well over two months now. It will be resolved but for a panicked twenty minutes I was very upset.

This is a good article explaining why some parents of kids with autism are under such stress
http://www.child-autism-parent-cafe.com/stress-on-families.html

This is interesting, although I'm not 100% sure about autismspeaks.org
http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/AmericanFamily/story?id=2286321&page=1