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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My daughter is 5 and has ASD, anxiety, SPD (which yes, I know isn’t its own thing, for the poster who likes to point that out, but it’s a big part of her experience). She’s also very defiant and makes dangerous choices and has some difficult behaviors. Parenting her is hard and has been all of her life. She’s also charming and fun and can be joyful and fun to be around, so there are certainly good things too. My therapist has said I need to work on accepting my child as she is and not as I hoped she’d be. I have no idea how to do that. If you’ve been able to, how did you get there?[/quote]

Revel in her good qualities.  What you focus on magnifies.  I have a DD with a similar profile and that she was really hard.  Nurture her strengths and dive into her interests.  As she grows into a bigger person those will become more clear.  Try to do the things that are easy/fun for you and her more and let go of the things that are harder for her or that you *think* you should be doing.  I was most miserable when I tried to force things, because then it really stood out how different my DD is.  [/quote]

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