Tag: sensory overwhelm

• Co-Regulation Is Not a Conversation: Why You Can’t Talk a Neurodivergent Child Out of a Meltdown

  Co-regulation isn’t something you talk your way into. What actually calms a neurodivergent child mid-meltdown, from a mother who learnt presence beside the dying.

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  July 6, 2026

  autistic mother, co-regulation, meltdowns, neurodivergent child, neurodivergent parenting, palliative care, sensory overwhelm

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• The First 90 Seconds of a Meltdown: What I Had to Stop Doing

  We took our masks off in the entryway. What I did in the ninety seconds that followed decided the afternoon, and for years I got them wrong.

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  June 5, 2026

  after-school meltdown, autistic mother, meltdowns, neurodivergent child, neurodivergent parenting, restraint collapse, sensory overwhelm

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