THE NARRATIVE ARC

Fighting for My Daughter

Living with an amazing daughter who is autistic.

Sam H Arnold
Published in
5 min readJan 23, 2024

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My daughter running in the snow. Small child in bright yellow snow jacket runs toward bushes, back turned toward viewer.
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It started as a typical Bank Holiday Monday and finished with a nightmare. My eldest has never made life easy; when she was born, she got her head stuck in the birth canal, and an emergency Caesarian ensued to save both her life and that of her mother.

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