AUTISM MUM SUPPORT - MANAGING GUILT AS AN AUTISM MUM
Guilt can become woven into everyday parenting: guilt about school, siblings, work, needing a break, losing patience, not recognising something sooner or simply wondering whether you are doing enough.
Managing Guilt as an Autism Mum explores where that guilt comes from and, importantly, whether guilt is always telling the truth. It looks at hindsight, the difference between responsibility and self-blame, judgement from other people, sibling and relationship guilt, repair after difficult moments and learning to respond to yourself with the same context and compassion you would offer another parent.
This is not about pretending mistakes never happen or telling mums that every decision is automatically right. It is about separating useful responsibility from the kind of global guilt that says one difficult moment defines you as a parent.
The downloadable resource includes a guilt reality-check, practical reframing table, UK support starting points and a personal message from Maggie.
You can learn, repair and change without making yourself the enemy.
Space to Breathe Therapy
