“And so I sit here, trying to understand that because my life is not filled with trauma causing events, and has really calmed down in a lot of ways, that it makes me feel like a fraud. As mental health is my chosen field to study and eventually work in… This makes me want to dig into this further.”
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“For many years moms of older boys with special needs have told me it would get better. That things were going to change.
Full confession?
I absolutely positively did not believe them. In fact, I thought they were crazy and delusional.”
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“He may have been old and sometimes cantankerous when I knew him but these memories coming to mind, reminded me of the deep love he had for his family and how he was always there whenever we needed him.”
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“Mental health is a scary issue for many people. There is so much stigma attached to many of the diagnoses. Adults frequently are afraid that they will lose their jobs if anyone finds out. This leads to not getting help, and not being able to talk to anyone about their mental health isolating them from the world. Which in turn, can lead to more mental health issues like depression and anxiety. ”
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“. . .there is one bright spot in this COVID world that should have all of us with special needs family members rejoicing.”
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“. . .when we are talking to people with disabilities, we need to understand that just because we know they have one diagnosis, it does not mean that you understand what their unique issues and experiences are.”
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“So often we think of disabilities as hard, horrible things. Yet here was my daughter saying that she was proud of one of hers.”
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“We live in a world that can have life and death situations in it, not just a few times in a lifetime, but frequently.”
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“As a parent with a special needs child, we are expected to have a medical degree, multiple therapy degrees, education degrees, degrees in nutrition, psychology and more. (I’ll be able to claim the psychology degree in a few months.) At least it seems that way when we take our child with Autism to the doctor or consult one.”
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“What if this is the best he can do?”
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