A parent of a child with Autism wrote recently on one of the parent lists that she didn`t know what to do with "all those feelings".
You know, the bad feelings one gets when their child is not doing as well or even when they are and the bad feelings won`t go away. This was my answer.
"Mostly, I get up every day and put one foot in front of another and keep working toward the best possible outcome. After 9 years experience treating Autism, there are more and more good days when that is much easier to do. But yes, there are still some bad days and feelings. On those days I try to stay even busier and not think so much, because despair, in it`s useless and painful ways, can wait around the corner. I`m useless to my son and my family if I despair.
And taking time now to enjoy him. This has been very important.
Finally, I remind myself that at 4 or 6 or even the ripe old age of 11 like my son, no one can say what greatness is in these children is yet to be revealed."
My heart is with you,
Katherine Lee