Let’s Talk About the Quiet Part Out Loud: The Nervous System of a Special Needs Parent

There is a silent physiological reality many autism and special needs parents live with every single day — a nervous system that rarely gets the chance to fully rest. To the outside world, it may look like “stress.”But inside the body, it is often something much deeper:chronic hypervigilance, nervous system dysregulation, emotional overload, and prolonged survival...