Posts Tagged ‘high-functioning’
My Journey With Labels
My son has a ten-page psychological report that contained one word that prohibited us from several opportunities: oppositional. This latest go-round they added two new labels. It’s someone else’s opinion that we pay $1,700 to “evaluate” my child because we can’t apply to the special needs school without it. I have two words for that tester…
Read MoreCelebrate Wildly!
Tonight I got an email from an incredible leader of a school where there are twelve students. These twelve students may have an official diagnosis, or they may not. These twelve students are mostly labeled with “Asperger’s” or “high-functioning autism.” This great leader was emailing me about an article I shared, but she included an update…
Read MoreYou Are Powerful!
There are times as a parent when you realize that your job is not to be the parent you always imagined you’d be, the parent you always wished you had. Your job is to be the parent your child needs, given the particulars of his or her own life and nature. Ayelet Waldman Holy Macaroni,…
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