Tag: Neurodiversity
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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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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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Last year Jeanne pulled the tablecloth and all the dishes off the Christmas table.
Jeanne was having a meltdown. She was screaming, kicking, crying and her family was staring. Her dad knelt down to talk to her, but Jeanne was no longer able to hear him. All the silverware and place settings crashed to the floor. This year Nana and Pop Pop took me aside separately to say how…
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