Many parents report grieving when their child is diagnosed with autism. They grieve the loss of the child of their dreams. As parents come to accept where their child is actually at and who he or she really is, they become able to dream new dreams for them and for their families. These new dreams are reality based and therefore are more likely to be attainable.
Jim Sinclair wrote an article Don't Mourn For Us which was published in "Our Voice," the newsletter of Autism Network International, Vol 1, number 3, 1993. It is written to parents from the autistic child's perspective. http://www.grasp.org/media/mourn.pdf. I found it very interesting and insightful and I think you will too.
Please take the time to learn as much as you can about autism.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment