By: KathyKohlBuehler
Handpicked friends in similar situations are incredibly supportive–family, not so much. They mostly think I am weird to have adopted kids with issues, after I had "the perfect family" already. Can't...
View ArticleBy: Jenn50
Our family really tries. In that way, they are tremendously supportive. But they aren't equipped to do a lot of the supporting we really need, like looking after her so we can get a break. My brother...
View ArticleBy: DeeBrake
i say YES i have a supportive family BUT….. not everyone has the proper perspective or tools to handle a special needs child. Some people who do not see us much tend to baby him like he is delayed but...
View ArticleBy: j12mc
My daughter (Olivia) was born deaf. She had bi-lateral cochlear implants during infancy & her AS was not diagnosed for years afterwards because a lot of the signs were waved off as contingent with...
View ArticleBy: KarimanElgoharyShama
it is a mixed bag here. I just have my mom in the state where i live. She helps out alot, but due to her own issues, can become quite moody/irritable and then we don't see her for some time. I have...
View ArticleBy: DeborahWigginSnyder
@j12mc , my daughter, Tess, who just turned 18 yesterday, also has hearing impairment. Fortunately, she has been wearing hearing aides since age 4, but we still struggle with some of the behavior...
View ArticleBy: Batty
@hudginsvicky It's your gain and the family's loss that they are missing out on such a great kid!
View ArticleBy: Batty
Wow–what a loaded question! My family will not associate at all with us due to the tales my mother tells about my children and me. I am on the spectrum as is my mom, her mother and all of my great...
View ArticleBy: wyrdpookaone
umm well, umm., father took off when I was 4 mother took off when I was 5, grandparents almost gave me to the orphanage, (my younger sister and brother they were sure of but , I was for my grandmother...
View ArticleBy: Alma4
I am so sorry to hear that I am in the process of my husband now understanding why I am who I am instead always apologizing to him or others. I can totally relate my son has Autism and I try to tell...
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