| If you are intent on having a career of your own, do | | | | open arms. Various parents and people who have |
| not try to be both parent and caregiver to an autistic | | | | loved ones suffering from autism and autism spectrum |
| child - the exertion will be way more than your system | | | | disorders can share their experiences with you, and |
| can handle. Instead, you should do yourself a favor and | | | | you can share yours with them. Together, you can find |
| hire a professional caregiver to either live in or pay | | | | comfort in the fact that you are triumphing over a |
| daily visits to care for your child. | | | | debilitating disorder in ways that would have made |
| You could also register them in one of the specialized | | | | other people cave in. Also, you learn better how to |
| schools for helping autistic patients and other mental | | | | care for your autistic child. |
| related diseases that are popping up all over the place. | | | | Perhaps one day, some ten or twenty years into the |
| Do yourself a favor and do not let money be a factor | | | | future, the autistic child or sibling might make a gesture, |
| in making this decision. You already have this child; | | | | say a word, make deliberate eye contact with you, or |
| there is no backing out. | | | | settle in an uncharacteristic way when you are in the |
| Secondly, you may want to do yourself a favor by | | | | same room, and that could be all the thanks that you |
| logging on to the internet and joining any one of the | | | | ever get from them for your efforts. But when that |
| autism societies online. You are sure to find more than | | | | happens - and it will - you will know that your efforts |
| a few of them, and they are bound welcome you with | | | | have not been wasted. |