If you haven’t already, build a stronger connection with your child by learning about disability activism, especially on topics that connect to your family’s experience.
Explore how ableism shows up in your life, your expectations, and your sense of being a “good parent.”
Disability and chronic illness affect people in ways you may never have expected. Eating, drinking, sleeping, socializing all look different for a physically ill or disabled person than an able-bodied one, and all advice does not apply.
Successfully unschooling (or any way of educating) doesn’t mean that your child will not need supports in the future. Success can mean that your family is moving to self-acceptance, that you have researched what supports are possible and offered those supports, and that you have offered connections to a community of similarly disabled folks who will “get it” and share tips and tricks, as well as solidarity in the face of unnecessary barriers.
For more on therapy (how to choose a therapist using non-coercive methods, research on specific modalities) go here:
Unschooling Every Family 