Sorry for the rant but i need to vent...
Just got off the phone with my sis who lives in france , and hasn't seen my ds since march!
I told her , dh and i have decided to go for a formal written dx if that is what the paed recommends (some of you may know we have a paed appointment next week for ds 'asd).
She starts by saying we are wrong to want to label our ds, because he looks so normal, and his difficulties are mild,... wtf!!!
(Yes we know he is mild but she doesn't live with him to see his struggles sometimes.)
Then she goes on by saying that i analyse and scrutinise ALL of ds 's behaviours and put EVERY little thing down to his asd.
Then she goes on saying "oh my dd does this and that too!" and "my dd doesn't always understand what we say to her and she hasn't got asd!"
Maybe but her dd is nt and not yet 2 years old ffs!
My ds is 4 in three months!
How dare she compare the two of them.
And i do not analyse my ds' every move , maybe i did that for the first month after the verbal dx , because i was trying to make sense of it all and that was my way of trying to cope.
But i am much more relaxed concerning his quirky ways now, besides she hasn't even seen us since the dx back in april so how can she make assumptions like this from 800 miles away!
I'll stop now...sorry for the moan, i'm just so cross with the arrogance of some people who do not even understand my ds , asd and our situation.
Here are some suggested organisations that offer expert advice on special needs.
SN children
Grrr!!!...these relatives always making stupid comments!
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