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<font color=blue>Not only do I not know what's goi
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So since it was warm and he'd behaved pretty well all day, I took DS to the park nearest our house (about 2 blocks away) this afternoon. He started playing with a younger girl (I think she was 3??) and I started chatting with her mom.
It turned out that the park visit was 'special time' for her and her DD. She told me her DS had cerebral palsy, so she made an effort to try and do some outings with just her DD to make up for all the attention, etc her DS needed. I found out that her DS also goes to my DS's sped/bilingual preschool (that's the ONLY way you get in..you have to be special needs or bilingual). He has the same teachers DS had last year. I was like "NO WAY!" and cheering because I LOVED DS's teachers last year. They are incredibly patient, caring women who just rock.
Anyway, we got to discussing how parents of 'normal' children just don't get it the way parents of special needs kids do, even if the needs are vastly different (as our were). I told her about the struggles that DS has gone through over the last several years and the amazing progress he's made over the last 18 mos or so since he started going to this particular preschool. The woman said she was encouraged by that and that I was an inspiration to her.
I said thank you, but really it wasn't that big of a deal. You just struggle and work and do what you can and hope your child overcomes his/her obstacles because really, that's all you can do. I also quoted Mother Teresa, "I know that God will not give me more than I can handle. I just wish He didn't trust me so much!" which she kind of smiiled at.
It turned out that the park visit was 'special time' for her and her DD. She told me her DS had cerebral palsy, so she made an effort to try and do some outings with just her DD to make up for all the attention, etc her DS needed. I found out that her DS also goes to my DS's sped/bilingual preschool (that's the ONLY way you get in..you have to be special needs or bilingual). He has the same teachers DS had last year. I was like "NO WAY!" and cheering because I LOVED DS's teachers last year. They are incredibly patient, caring women who just rock.
Anyway, we got to discussing how parents of 'normal' children just don't get it the way parents of special needs kids do, even if the needs are vastly different (as our were). I told her about the struggles that DS has gone through over the last several years and the amazing progress he's made over the last 18 mos or so since he started going to this particular preschool. The woman said she was encouraged by that and that I was an inspiration to her.
I said thank you, but really it wasn't that big of a deal. You just struggle and work and do what you can and hope your child overcomes his/her obstacles because really, that's all you can do. I also quoted Mother Teresa, "I know that God will not give me more than I can handle. I just wish He didn't trust me so much!" which she kind of smiiled at.
