I interviewed Adrienne of the popular blog No Points for Style about her special needs son Carter; this interview affected me more than most and may change the way you look at or even judge other parents in circumstances different than your own.
Adrienne talks about the difficulty in getting a single diagnosis and in coming to terms with likely never getting one. She talks about the way parenting Carter has affected her other children and she explains what parents shouldn’t say to someone struggling with a special needs child. Hint: Don’t invoke video games and leave the word exorcism out of your vocabulary.
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Really enjoyed this show. We don’t have opportunities so much to hear without interrupting someone who has gone through and is going through so many difficult issues.
We need to hear more stories and life experiences so we can say and do the right things around each other. Maybe just maybe we won’t have so many knee-jerk reactions and responses and we engage that brain before our mouths.
Thanks
Thanks for doing this show. I too have child with “invisible” special needs. And while we have found quality professional support, it is so hard to get those “normal levels” of support from parents around me. There is a difference in response from others to kids with visible, more understandable special needs than to those kids with mental illnesses.
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