autism

I was speaking with a friend yesterday who told me that she is keeping her six year-old daughter in overnight diapers because she doesn’t want her son (who has special needs) to feel bad that his younger sister can make it through the night.  I was outraged for this poor little girl and tried to reason with my friend to no avail.  Boy is this kid going to give her therapist an ear-full one day.

Although one might morn for what one child can not do, it is so important to let your other children move on.   The other siblings can show your special one what is going on in the real world.  Our”typical” children have it hard enough dealing with the lack of “normalcy” of having a special needs household.  It is so important for them that they are aloud to experience life in as  typical a way as possible.  To hold them back in anyway just because you don’t want the other sibling to feel bad is doing everyone an in justice.

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