Tag: Diagnosis
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Really? Autism? But she’s not that bad!
More than one well-meaning person has said this to me. Having autism, living with ANYTHING, does not equate to a bad or naughty child. No child, no person, should have to be in such a bad place before receiving help. Nor should there be a blatant severity threshold to receiving help. Jeanne was triggered beyond…
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“Jeanne has autism.” and everything just stopped.
For you, for your child, for your family. For me, there was a distinct time before and after the phone call hearing Jeanne’s assessment results. “Jeanne has autism.” Shock. But also not shock. Things, struggles, memories, many things just started to click and make sense as the day and days and week and month went…
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Silver Lining: Our daycare team helped us find professional help by kicking Jeanne out.
Okay, that is a bit confusing. By daycare asking Jeanne to leave, that move gave us a heavy, powerful fact in getting healthcare professionals to listen as we continued our battle for getting help. We continued to send two of our three kids to the same day care. We love the daycare team. We respect…
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A diagnosis means legal protection and services. No more fear of the unknown. Let’s roll.
Individuals with a diagnoses have legal protection and options for services. Simple as that. There was no way our wonderful kid was going to be punished or pushed out for something she could not control. Additionally, a child’s or even an adult’s diagnosis is none of anyone’s business if you don’t want it to be.…
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