Will Your Family Choose Sensory Overwhelm This Holiday Season?

Have we learned any lessons we can carry into the future to create new traditions for our neurodiverse families?

I want to treat you to a little something special… or 5, because I know you spend so much of the holidays focusing on others. So be sure to see those gifts below…

For some neurodiverse families, the holiday seasons during Covid-19 were in many ways the best. There wasn’t the usual pressure to do everything, be everywhere, or socialize with everyone. Many neurodivergent families are refusing to go back to the way it was, but the pull to return to pre-Covid frenzy is strong.

We couldn’t gather in large groups, go shopping in crowded stores, hug and kiss grandparents or even fly to visit them. We couldn’t feel judged, couldn’t over-schedule, and our kids were less likely to get overstimulated at home than in unfamiliar places.

Okay, we missed seeing loved ones IRL and playing with cousins, but we realized that we can get together with less pressure before and after the holidays. We didn’t miss the big gatherings, traveling from place to place, staying in unfamiliar beds, or even the rituali…