Letting Go, Holding On: Life After Raising an Autistic Son

• By: Karen B. Mariscal, Esq. Mariscal Special Needs Law
• January 5th, 2026
• caregiver stress, emotional resilience, family caregiving, intellectual disabilities, parenting, PTSD symptoms, sensory regulation, special education, Winter 2026 Issue
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My war is mostly over, and I miss it terribly. Raising Billy, my son who has autism, was like going through a war, every day a battle. And now he is 33 and he is gone. Not completely gone -- he lives in a group home 10 miles away, and it only takes me 22 minutes to get there. But I no longer...