Is it hard for you to be around "typical" children the same age as your SN child?
I am SO proud of Elijah and I'm not sad that I don't have that, just sad for him that he can't do SO MUCH, and just surprised to see how insanely huge the gap really is between my boy and his peers...
my oldest child has congivity disability and a speech delay and maybe autism.
youngest has adhd and speech delay.
its very hard to have same ages together or even younger than my kid and see the differences , if i let myself really think about it , it would not be good for me at all i usually numb out and cant hold a thought , which is on the most part a good thing as of yet
My son is 19 years old and will always need 24/7 care and supervision--He loves his cousin that is his age--she actually works in a nursing home and has always been so sweet to my ds--I think they both learn so much from each other and that is what I take out of it--like Sandra said-sometimes I wish my kiddo could just go do that with the other kids because he always has to wait for his slow mama or his aides-but in general no--the only thing is how vulnerable my kiddo always will be --I don't sweat over it but that is always in the back of my head--
I wish I had some advice but I don't. I hope in time that it gets easier.
Lina will play with kids her age or very close to it. She is 8 but really prefers to play with kids much younger than her physical age. Her favorite playmate is the 3 yr old boy next door. He likes to play ball, ride his bike, run & investigate the backyard at his house (huge yard about 1 acre, groomed, trees, bushes)the 2 of them go on safari's. He is teaching her how to catch better, throw better, even getting her interested in riding her bike. Right now there aren't that many kids her age to play with in our neighborhood. So any kids that she can play with is great.
yes right at the beginning. now that she is older., there are a few things here and there. however we choose not to dwell on what she can't do but what she can do. she loves her sister, niece, nephew. her sister has worked for a couple of special needs homes, does special olympics with her and others. as for her niece and nephew- it is great that she sees them all the time. i think their favorite thing is to play school. krista will sit with nicholas, teach him is color, ect. krista will always need someone with her. we have never held her back in anything she has wanted to try or do.
Quoting kittycat813:yes my kids have cousin months and weeks apart and they are normal and I feel sad for my kids.
My oldest daughter couldn't go on a overnight trip with daisy scouts because troop leader didn't think it was right for her. That made me mad, how dear she judge my child.
that's sad. what was the troop leader reason? my daughter when she was younger did. she did just fine. now that she is older- she has done some things here and there with my granddaughter's troop, when her schedule doesn't interfere with theirs-lol
spd 2yr old and boardwalk cracks?
- Elyssa414
on Jun. 25, 2012 at 11:04 PM