Laura Clery

In 2021, I had our daughter.

I had our daughter, and so postpartum, new baby, you're not sleeping.

And so postpartum, new baby, you're not sleeping.

We had just bought a new house that was being renovated that was stressing him out.

We had just bought a new house that was being renovated that was stressing him out.

And our son was just diagnosed with severe autism.

And our son was just diagnosed with severe autism.

We did not know that if he'd ever speak,

We did not know that if he'd ever speak, all that was available at that time was, and it sounds like it's not that long ago, but I swear to God, dude, if you look up autistic kids, it was just the worst shit you could possibly imagine.

All that was available at that time was, and it sounds like it's not that long ago, but I swear to God, dude, if you look up autistic kids, it was just the worst shit you could possibly imagine.

online about it there was yeah like he's gonna need 40 hours a week of intensive therapy or he's gonna be spreading his shit all over the walls I'm sorry like no it's called like fecal smearing it's like a thing that some kids do whoa my kid never did that but like I'm just saying in my mind I'm like oh no it was just like very there were not many uplifting stories or

online about it there was yeah like he's gonna need 40 hours a week of intensive therapy or he's gonna be spreading his shit all over the walls I'm sorry like no it's called like fecal smearing it's like a thing that some kids do whoa my kid never did that but like I'm just saying in my mind I'm like oh no it was just like very there were not many uplifting stories or

I don't know.

I don't know.

It was just a scary time.

It was just a scary time.

We didn't know much about it.

We didn't know much about it.

And I think that that maybe was all too much for him.

And I think that that maybe was all too much for him.