Hi there! I’m Shelbi, mama to the sweetest boy in the whole world, who is also wonderfully neurodivergent. Ollie was diagnosed almost a year ago, and learning to navigate parenthood through autism has been quite the journey, and I’ve loved every second of it… even the hard ones.
My son is the happiest little guy I know. He’s extremely curious, he loves to build things, he’s very aware, and very independent. Getting to experience the world with him, his way, has been an absolute blessing. He is at the age now when people start to become curious why he doesn’t speak words yet, or why he doesn’t always wave back hi. I get it, many people are uncertain of what autism even is. People with autism or people with any other neurodivergencies have often been expected to mask themselves or hide parts of themselves to make the public comfortable. That needs to change, and that’s why we are participating in this Kindness Campaign. To learn ways in which we can spread knowledge and understanding, and most importantly, kindness.