--- title: 'Damien talks about expectations for Dads of Autistic Children' url: 'https://nipinthebud.trilbyhost.com/neurodivergence/autism/video-of-damien-talks-about-expectations-for-dads-of-autistic-children' markdown: 'https://nipinthebud.trilbyhost.com/neurodivergence/autism/video-of-damien-talks-about-expectations-for-dads-of-autistic-children.md' date: '2025-07-25' description: "Damien talks to the Nip in the Bud team about his experience of parenting a child living on the Autism Spectrum. The stress, demands and worry of parenting a child with additional needs can be tough and can test the most resilient of parents. This is part of our longer film, \"Fathers on Caring\" where the team talk to 3 fathers about the challenges they have faced, the reality of the day-to-day, things they have learned along the way and where they have turned to look for support. In this film, Damien, Anil and Usman open up about the challenges they have faced, the reality of the day-to-day, things they have learned along the way and where they have turned to look for support. Transcript It's going to be hard. And there's no there's no doubt about that. You might not even be geared for it. God knows I wasn't. But you can learn. You can adapt. And what you will get back won't be what you were expecting out of life, but it'll be special. It'll be special. It'll be special. Embrace it." taxonomy: category: - Neurodivergence tag: - Autism - 'Lived Experience' type: - Video --- # Expectations and adapting for Dads of Autistic Children [ Autism ](https://nipinthebud.trilbyhost.com/results/tag:Autism) [ Lived Experience ](https://nipinthebud.trilbyhost.com/results/tag:Lived%20Experience) [ ![Nip in the Bud](https://nipinthebud.trilbyhost.com/user/themes/nitb/images/logos/round-logo.png) ](https://nipinthebud.trilbyhost.com/about-us "About Nip in the Bud") Duration: h m s Published: May 2023 #### Warning: Please note – some images and content may be upsetting or disturbing. This film is not intended to be watched by children Damien talks to the Nip in the Bud team about his experience of parenting a child living on the Autism Spectrum. The stress, demands and worry of parenting a child with additional needs can be tough and can test the most resilient of parents. This is part of our longer film, "Fathers on Caring" where the team talk to 3 fathers about the challenges they have faced, the reality of the day-to-day, things they have learned along the way and where they have turned to look for support. In this film, Damien, Anil and Usman open up about the challenges they have faced, the reality of the day-to-day, things they have learned along the way and where they have turned to look for support. ## Transcript > It's going to be hard. > > And there's no there's no doubt about that. > > You might not even be geared for it. > > God knows I wasn't. But you can learn. You can adapt. > > And what you will get back won't be what you were expecting out of life, but it'll be special. It'll be special. It'll be special. 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