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N.S. mother shares ‘overwhelming’ experience of caring for kids with autism during COVID-19
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Caring for children with autism spectrum disorder can be difficult at the best of times, but during a pandemic, one Nova Scotia mother says the task is “overwhelming.” Tracey Avery and her husband are at home with their 19-year-old twins, Brandon and Kyle, both of whom have autism and require around-the-clock care.
She said they’re struggling to understand new changes to their routine: no school, no outdoor games, no play dates, and no meetings with their speech language pathologist. “They don’t understand why they can’t do the things they normally do,” said Avery from her home in Hammonds Plains. “And both boys are very different from one another, so they sort of feed on each other’s anxieties.” Since the COVID-19 pandemic hit Nova Scotia,
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