To those who have autistic children, what has been your worst moments?
I have 2, the first was I put my little one to bed he was about 4 and when i went to check on him he had crawled into the duvet cover and then sort of done a crocodile death roll in it, had to rush him to hospital as he was a minute or 2 away from suffocating.
The next one is the worst, we had a Ford galaxy and in the back was the dog crate, the car was parked in the grounds of the house and we had big double gates, i told my DH that I had to go to the shops to get a few bits and Ds was in the lounge playing, anyway I went shopping and it was a hot day and whet I opened the boot our son was trapped in the dog cage, i have no idea how he managed it but you wouldn't of left a dog in the car in that heat, i took him straight to the hospital again as he was non verbal and when I got there I saw loads of messages as my D H had called the police as our son was missing as he thought he went out in the time it took the gates to close, we still beat ourselves up over these 2 incidents that both could of led to his death. Being a parent of an autistic child is bloody hard work as you can never relax or have a good sleep, i just feel so sorry for little Noah and his family, there is no user manual or help guide to help navigate life with an autistic child or children.
What are your OMFG moments?
Our Ds is now 18 and he will never be able to live independently but he is now able to look after himself a bit better.