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Introduction

A large percentage of the parents raising children with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in the U.S. are doing so alone. The fact is, divorce happens, circumstances change, and life goes on. The ability to create a “Plan B” and put it into action is demonstrated over and over again in this book.

Over the years, I have met and admired many single parents of children with ASD. I’ve respected the love and commitment they’ve shown to their children and marveled at how they too have “survived” the day-to-day challenges of parenting alone. By offering a snippet of my own personal story, along with a compilation of other single-parenting accounts of separation and divorce, I hope to encourage you to recognize that you too can incorporate a new plan of action if you find yourself in a similar situation.

This book is filled with steps you can implement to establish a new “Plan B” for yourself and your child or children. I’ve broken these steps down into three categories, which will be accompanied by the following helpful graphics throughout the book:

Emotional steps: Promoting feelings of well-being for you and your child

Practical steps: Thinking, planning, brainstorming

Actual steps: Implementing your plan of action

I’ve also included a wealth of parenting tips to use when you’re faced with taking care of a child with ASD as a single parent. So—let’s discover what developing a “Plan B” is all about.