The Days After The Diagnosis
So much is written about how to get a diagnosis; what the criteria is for a diagnosis and what to do when you don’t get one but little is written about how it feels to get the diagnosis.
Diagnosis
Why?
Why is it that when you have read everything you can about your children’s known conditions, another one pops up to knock the wind out of your sails? Why is it that your children’s conditions cause such mayhem and turn your life upside down in a way no one can understand unless they’ve been there?…
Do you remember the day you heard?
Do you remember? Do you remember the day you heard? Do you remember the day your child was given a label? Do you remember the day your life was turned upside down? Do you remember thinking your heart would never feel this much pain again? Do you remember thinking you would never cope with this? …
Today Video: My child has a diagnosis
Many years ago, a practitioner sat in my home – perfectly groomed – and stated that she understood what my life was like. I knew that she could empathise but not understand – not unless she was a mum of a child with special needs too. Today Video: In order to deal with my frustration, I…