Pregnant autistic mother to be needs help can you help?

[prettyteenmother20]

I don't know what to do I am currently 27 weeks pregnant with my third child but I have to prove I can take care of my children what advice can I get to do just that. I have taken parenting classes in the past but children's aid keep using my autism against me, what do I do?

[weasley8]

I think your best resources would be your family (if they're in the picture), your children's teachers, and any friends that know your children well. Showing children's aid that you have a big support network would be helpful. If your children are especially close with their grandparents, for example, that would be something to bring up, because removing them from your custody would separate them from their grandparents as well as from you.

Showing them a consistent and healthy routine that you follow with the children would also be good. What time you wake up to get them to school, what they eat for breakfast, who their teachers are, who their friends are, when and how you pick them up, when they do their homework, when they eat dinner, when you prepare their lunches for the next day (or if they eat the school lunch, how that gets paid for), and what time they go to sleep.

If you're on good terms with the children's other parent (or parents, I don't know your situation), they might also be a good resource. If the children regularly see them, and have a good relationship with them, and there isn't anything about them that children's aid might find dangerous, bring it up.

If they've taken your kids away before, or if they have a tendency to do so, speaking with a family lawyer would probably also be helpful. It sucks that parents get profiled based on things that don't stop them from being good parents, but it happens.

[Girlygovroom]

Do you have a supportive family, such as your parents, siblings, or partner? If you do, these can be extremely helpful in your battle. They can speak on how functioning you are, how caring you are, and how your autism doesn't get in the way of your children's well-being. The same goes with any professional you've been in contact with, such as personal doctors, psychologists and similar. Getting their opinion to Children's Aid might help your case a lot more than doing it all on your own.