Caroline Foran
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And that's something that people have brought up a lot.
I'm very aware that parents end up discovering that one or that one of them might be.
I would have no problem with it if I was.
But at the moment, from what I know of it and from what I've researched, I don't think I'd meet enough of the criteria.
I think possibly there could be scope for ADHD, but I'm not sure.
And I just, I've been so...
consumed with supporting my son that I haven't, I haven't had the time to go and invest in that for myself yet.
I get messages from people all the time being like the parents ended up separating because, or especially if they had more than one kid and the two kids ended up being PDA and they couldn't actually be together, they'd have to be in separate households and they just swap kids.
What, the kids couldn't get on with each other?
It happens a lot with autistic families where it's much harder for the kids to be in the same space, that it's more regulating for them to be separate.
Like I know a PDA expert who's amazing, Casey Elrick, she's
at Peace Parents on Instagram, her two kids ended up being PDA and they had to be separated for like years at a time.
So that puts tremendous strain on a relationship.
There's only one of Cailin right now.
So for the most part, we can tag team.
I am definitely the primary person.
Like it's been really tough on me in that like I sleep with them every night.
I haven't slept in the same bed as my husband for years.
And then he would be like extremely dysregulated and I'd be paying for it for days on end.
So like, if we can just do it a different time.