BORN TO BE DIFFERENT is back on.

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This Thursday at 9pm on channel four.

devientenigma, this is the perfect place you have acces to inspiration parents, people whom You respect and are probably watching and thinking why can't I cope as well as them?

Have you visited the sn part of mn?

Don't beat yourself up, everyone finds it hard.

Thanks love, you know I came back on to say if I have ranted, sorry. Yes I have visited the sn part of mn, been on there for some years, however what I find is I'm a thread killer, once I have answered and my posts fail to take off, so feel I'm not much use in helping or receiving.
Dh has gone back to work after his depression today. I have a few meetings I'm not looking forward to but hopefully next week things may start to look up.
Thanks again.

Don't worry lots of us feel that way!

Hi again, sorry for the delay we had an indoor water feature develop on Friday from a failed pipe so we have been rather busy drying things out!

devientenigma, we all struggle at times, life with SN children can be heartbreaking and darn hard work. It can also feel quite isolating as others just 'don't get it', I know with William its the 24/7 care and the challenging behaviour along with a lack of sleep, that can literally have me on my knees. Thats why websites like this can be so good as it opens up our world. Also I hope that the documentary gives those without any understanding of disability a small insight into how tough (and how fun) life can be. Like Zoellie we want to yell 'it's not fair' and thump things at times, that is a natural feeling. There is another shoulder here too if you need it!

Everyone else, thanks again for watching and for such lovely feedback.

I get angry because I have a disability and I never thought that my child would have special needs. I wanted her to have everything I never had instead she has all the battles I had.a couple of weeks ago I was in hospital ,a couple of weeks before she had an ashma attack and I had to call an ambulance . she had to miss an exam this week because she woke up and couldent move her arm.I feel ill because of new medication , I dont talk to any one any more because people are just bored with it. watching to show makes me feel that im not alone , other people have the same problems as we do and worse,but all the children in the programe have one amazing ability, that is the most beautifull smiles I have ever seen. Its lovely to see zoe in the rainbows and brownies. thats the one thing me and my dd do together is help at the local brownies and it gives us so much joy to be useful and caring and we forget we are disabled. we have had girls who go to sn school and girls who went on to grammar school , but at clubs like brownies they can be equall. thankyou for letting us have an insight into your lifes xxx

ps I watched the first programmes on 4od when I was recovering from illness , watching william christerning and shelbies dedecation remineded me that our special children are children of God ,capable of loving and being loved, surley thats whats life is about I must not lose sight of the fact that my dd (like all children) is a precious gift from God.

Watching this in the middle of the night, cuddling ds (11 months), who is under investigation for a cause for his developmental delays. It is a great help to see what the families on the show are going through, especially seeing the children talking about their own lives in such a positive way.

I never realised what an enormous rollercoaster ride this was going to be (and we are just at the beginning!), and I think shows like this are really important, in giving people a glimpse at what life is like with a child with special needs, and just how amazing those children are.

Thankyou to all the families involved.

Just watched the final episode.

Such an amazing show - all the children are just so lovely all of you must be so proud.

help my child has just been turned down for a stat assesment, I cant cope with the responibility of an sen child any more , i just want them to take into care so she can be looked after properly. i cant turn up to another meeting , i just want the world swallow me up , im a bad mum i have let my daughter down

Hannah'smummsy, sorry, it is chaos here, but I couldn't ignore your last post. Please start a thread on the SN boards asking for some help/ideas/support. I will start one for you if you like.

in new to mumsnet i dont know how to start a thread. I just too my daughter to the doctors and she said that she want to through herself under a bus . i have run out of energy . i just feel like taking an overdose so she can be someelses responsability . selfish I know

would you like me to start a thread for you in Special Needs? I would be able to link to it from here.

Hopefully people might be able to offer you some support, or just somewhere for to vent and let off steam.

thanks i have worked out how to start a thread x

Zoeellie, I'm so glad you have joined the thread, as I have been watching the series since the start, and really think Zoe is amazing. She is such an attractive personality, so smiley and happy and so mature. She's lovely and you must be so proud of her. How's she getting on with her right arm now?

Also Neverbored, you are a wonderful family. I was so shocked to hear of your MS diagnosis. You are such a great mum to William.
All the children are amazing, Emily too is an inspiration.

I started watching BTBD from the very first episode, and have watched them all since then. DD2 was born in 2004 with a complex genetic disorder causing her to have learning difficulties, disability and complex needs so I watched each episode since then from a different perspective!

The series has really touched me, it's like a window into the world that I, and others with disabled children, live in. I'm so disappointed that it isn't going to continue. I'm a right nosey parker and want to know how Zoe's surgery turned out, how Shelbie is doing, how William is, how they all are!!

It's lovely to read the posts from the children's parents on this thread - I'm so full of admiration for you, and would love to say to neverbored and zoeellie that your children (and you, their families), are inspirational.