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How can we know we have a handicapped child ?
Text found on a blog with wich I completly agree...
We know we have a different child when :
- we compare hospitals and not supermakets.
- We see toys as therapeutic means.
- We show our child how get things OUT cupboards.
- Clothes from last year are still ok for him.
- Everything is a learning/training, nothing is a game.
- We are really happy when our child is able to do bubbles while drinking (speech therapy).
- We are happy when he puts ketchup on the table (ergotherapy)
- We feel like we have forgot something when it's a day without any therapeutic appointment.
- We know words like EEG, MRI, hippotherapy...
- We are proud to announce that our 6 years old child don't need nappies any more.
- We ring to all our friends when our child is able to sit down at 2 years old or to walk at 4.
- We get a bit angry with our friends when they complain about ONE bad night because of a child crying.
- That's us who suggest the neurologist the exams he could do.
- We remove at least one year when somebody ask us how old is our child.
- We are happy to understand the word our child mumbles when he should have do it since more than three years before.
- The slightest remark even unintentional or innocent make the tears come to our eyes.- We are able to have passionate/enthusiast conversations with complete unknown people, just because they are parents of handicapped children.
- We cry secretly when a friend takes our child hand in the schoolyard...
From :
http://tisoleil.canalblog.com/