I do what I do to support vulnerable families who don�t always know their rights, or may have their own needs. I know from experience the stress families with additional needs children are under. The wait for: Services. Assessments....
I do what I do to support vulnerable families who don�t always know their rights, or may have their own needs.
I know from experience the stress families with additional needs children are under.
The wait for:
Services.
Assessments.
Meetings.
Appointments.
Paperwork.
Reports.
Waiting lists.
Hoping you meet a stupid criteria to avert a crisis, no one gets how hard it is to actually ask for help.
Then, if you don�t feel listened too, you start to believe that it�ll never get better.
Or you start to doubt yourself.
Never doubt yourself!
Took me 9 years to be heard! Yes, 9 years!!!
It took moving house to another area, and just 1, one visit with an understanding GP to get the much needed referral.
In that 9 years, our story never wavered. We knew our daughter needed support beyond what we were able too. Added in years of self doubt, being told it was me- my parenting. Years of being physically attacked, and yes the �but she�s fine in school!!�
We moved schools 12m after we�d moved house. Suddenly our daughter was happier after school, less meltdowns/ shutdowns, she actually spoke after school- not thumbs up or down. No more walking on egg shells.
School got it, they got masking. They encouraged my eldest to talk- only when she was able to. She built trust in staff.
If someone had told me in 2016, my eldest would cope in mainstream secondary, I really would of laughed. Thanks to the right primary school, the right support. She�s in mainstream secondary and mostly doing well.
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Do we still get bad days? Yes!!
Are there days, I wonder, can I do this? Yes!!
Do I doubt myself anymore? No!
#nevergiveup #myausomegirl
