Autism Assessment Referral: A Mother’s Experience

Abstract

In this paper I engage in an autobiographical inquiry into my experience of my son’s autism assessment referral and how this experience has continued to guide me in my learning journey as a mother, educator, friend, and family member. Thinking about how a parent’s greatest gift in this world is their children, I inquire into the messiness of life-making that occurs when parents are informed by a school specialist that their child should undergo an autism assessment. I share my experiences as a parent receiving information.