Why Did God Do This to My Child? What Is It I Have to Learn

By Tasha Whittaker-Bennett

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• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Dec 10, 2020
• ISBN: 9781796032208

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Copyright © 2020 by Tasha Whittaker-Bennett.

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Rev. date: 01/20/2021

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Change your thoughts, and you change your world.

—Norman Vincent Peale

CONTENTS

Autism

What Is It I Have To Learn

Preface

Special Acknowledgments

My Story

1      Blaming Yourself And God

2      Autism

3      Is Sex Still Taboo?

4      Judgmental

5      Acceptance

6      Forgiveness

7      Being Silently Effective And Not Expecting Them To Understand

8      Give Extra Attention To The Positive

9      Your Environment

10    Celebration

11    Moving Forward

Appendices

Resources

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AUTISM

H ERE ARE SOME of the common questions that run through the caregiver’s mind, whose just got diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD);

How is it that a child talks, walks, socializes with others, behaves appropriately possesses high intellect and responds to their name when called out is considered normal. And, on the other hand, how a child who is nonverbal or vocalizes minimal words, has and does not respond to his or her name, walk on their tippie toes, and does not socialize properly and behave inappropriately is considered autistic on the spectrum, whether low-functioning or high-functioning? What did I do wrong? Is this my karma coming into action? Is God punishing me? How are we going to take care of this child? What measures are we going to take to ensure that the child feels normal and lives his/her life normally? How is society going to react to my child? Is this a lifetime dependency? How come this happened to me? Why did God do this to my child?

All these questions are important; and some are mandatory to answer and make sense of. Whatever, the situation might be, it is crucial to fulfill one need that every child has to feel loved and accepted by their parents. Without their love and acceptance, that child is going to be no different than an empty shell that will be filled by society later on.

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WHAT IS IT I HAVE TO LEARN

The Subtle Art of Acceptability

A Counterintuitive Approach to Living with Autism

If you are experiencing fear, denial, shame, guilt,

anger, bargaining, and depression, then it is very likely

that you are suffering from nonacceptance!

W HAT THIS BOOK will offer you is a different perspective including tips on how to live an inclusive life with autism.

Above all, the unconditional love demonstrated here, can help a child with autism thrive!

I am here to tell you that autism spectrum condition has nothing to do with God.

Autism is a neurological difference! Your child is not a punishment! They are different abled. When events are beyond our control transpire, we have two different options to choose from; we can simply make ourselves either learn the art of acceptance, or we can simply make ourselves unhappy by trying to burn ourselves out while trying to