As parents of children with a disability, we live life closer to the edge
than most, but what does it take to step off?
There was a news story recently where a father of three children drove onto one of the largest bridges in Melbourne, Australia, stopped the car, removed his four year old daughter from the car and dropped her over the edge, then drove off.
What do you mean, Perception is Reality
? The explanation is quite simple. You and I might see exactly the same thing; however, we both interpret the situation differently. How often have you and a friend watched the same movie only to find that you each thought the movie was about something completely different? You have your individual perceptions on the same topic and yet they are both different.
That is, your perception – it is neither right nor wrong (of course to you it is right, but to someone else it can be wrong), therefore, your perception is your reality.
Have you ever been told by professionals, don’t do this
, don’t do that
and you should do this because …
but in your heart you really thought to yourself, That doesn’t sit right with me
, or your gut is saying, that doesn’t
.feel
right
Have you ever put your child in one of those baby jumpers? Those things that you hook up in a door frame which suspends the baby on two bungee chords so that the child can just touch the floor and bounce up and down by using their own legs? I’ve seen babies faces come alive when they experience this for the first time.
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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