In honor of Autism month (April), Karen is speaking with Isabelle Mosca founder of Faces 4 Autism.

She shares her story of how she became a Bright Sider who was determined to capture photos of sunrises and sunsets. She started this practice as a way to let her Mom, who was in the hospital, enjoy the beauty she was missing.

Takeaways:
Find your joy. 
Find your purpose.
She started a non-profit called Faces 4 Autism twenty years ago when her son was diagnosed with autism. 
Here are some Hope Nuggets for those with a special needs child:
You are doing a good job - the best that you can do. 
If you do not believe that then:

• Go meet a friend
• Join a support group
• You need people who get it.
• Stop and go rest. 

There is no time for self-pity. 
Hope keeps you going and moving.

Take a 10 minute self-care moment:

• Cry it out.
• Scream it out.
• Craft it out.
• Make a phone call.
• Write it in a journal.

Then you can become a new person.

Take turtle steps and keep moving.
Hope is the sunrise and the sunset.
I give my light to others and they give theirs back to me.
Inclusion allows purpose and joy in all of our experiences.
My focus of inclusion has expanded my world.
Instead of judging, hope encourages me to get the story.
Every day you can look at the darkness and then choose to look on the bright side.

 Website: https://faces4autism.org/
Podcast: https://www.faces4autism.org/podcast
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Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ourlifeonthebrightside/

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