I had a real hum-dinger of a row with my mother over Easter. I really lost it, I was screaming at her. I feel bad about it now, but I'm just so disappointed with the level of support she's giving us.
She lives at the other end of the country, so I obviously don't expect her to babysit often or anything like that. But I wish she would make an effort to find out about autism. She hasn't read a book or asked me any questions about ds' condition, how it affects him or what it might mean in the future. It's like she's blanking it out.
While she was here she said she didn't think his speech was much different to any other three year old, and did he really need speech therapy. I was so taken aback, all I could think of saying was that with NHS SALT being as it is, he definitely wouldn't be getting it if he didn't need it.
Maybe I expect too much. But he is her only grandchild, and I thought she'd be a bit more pro-active.
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