We spoke with Daniel the other day about what subjects he would like to elect for next year at school. Daniel is in High School now and is in the process of selecting what subjects he would like to study for next year (Year 9).
The school has been amazingly supportive of everything that Daniel has tried his hands at, and although Daniel throws himself at everything with reckless abandon, there is always varying degrees of success.
As your child grows, do you want them to fit in
and be accepted as best as possible? Your biggest obstacle is the ignorance of others. So if you know you are going up against people who don’t know your child, how bright they are and what they can or can’t do, the question is … How do you prepare for it?
Start with the end in mind …
We have an open door
policy in our house and all of the kids know that. Every weekend our house is full of neighbourhood kids coming over to play with the computer games, toys, etc., so you will always find parents calling us up asking, Is David over at your place?
, Yes, he’s here!
It’s great. I often reflect on how lucky our kids are to be in a community where their friends can just drop over unannounced and have a fun time.
I get sad when Daniel asks me, William gets invited over to other people’s places, why don’t I?
Like most parents of a disabled child we are not medically trained in psychology, paediatrics, physio, occupational therapy, etc. so you need to ask questions.
When Daniel was 3 years old our physios were attempting to get Daniel to reach for pieces of a puzzle (large floor puzzle) while sitting on his bottom on the floor.
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