If You Don’t Try, You’ll Never Know
Note to self: go back in time and follow your own advice…
For years, we avoided fireworks thinking, “there is just no way.” Then, a few years back, our little town decided to have a music festival/fireworks show and we thought it might be small enough that Michael would be okay. Plus, he would see friends and we’d be supporting the effort to help Michael be a part of our community. Armed with heavy headphones to block some of the noise, we tried it and HE LOVED IT!
No major harm done by missing out on the fireworks in the earlier years. The brother time together in the pool was time well spent, but the fireworks were pretty awesome too.
Big Ideas:
- If you don’t try, you’ll never know.
- See # 1. Wink.
- An exit strategy is a great idea when trying new things, just in case they hate it.
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Erica Mauro is a mom to two teenage boys, Will who is neurotypical and Michael with Autism and cognitive delays. She holds a BA in Psychology from Colgate University and a Masters of Psychology in Education from Columbia Teacher’s College. Before staying home with her children, she worked as an elementary school teacher. For five years, she served on the Board of Directors of the Molly Ann Tango Memorial Foundation, a charity dedicated to enriching the lives of children with special needs. In partnership with her husband Dave, she aspires to parent by using daily life as an opportunity for therapeutic intervention, seizing on real experiences as opportunities to build skills and strategies for Michael in a joyful, loving home environment. On the tougher early days, she just tried to get everyone safely to bedtime and start fresh in the morning. *wink* 
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Absolutely love this. No surprise that Mikey’s sense of adventure kicked in and he loved it! Maybe sooner he wouldn’t have been ready? Either way so glad he had a blast!
So true! We never get a ‘control group’ to let us know how the experiment could have gone at a different time. We just do the best we can. He really did have a blast!!