Believe in yourself
I always wonder how difficult it must be for special needs parents in the era when there was no internet,social media or awareness.But frankly I feel both has its own advantages and disadvantages.
Parents did learn from trial and error experiments with the children to help them.As they say if you have seen one child in the spectrum you just have seen one as each child is unique with their needs and way they learn.As there were no much awareness in the past,there was more chances that parents try to experiment with Niche strategies to help them out.Many a time you get much of the solution when you think out of the box.I feel much could be achieved just with a determined mother/father who just would not give up.
Coming to this era where you have different therapies like ABA,occupational,speech,play,physical,music,food therapy etc ,much of awareness and support system,I am afraid parents have lost the ability to explore and experiment with their children.The essence of acceptance has diluted parents motivation to empower them self and the determination to never give up.I see parents freaking out when a change approaches like a therapist working with the kid quits,change of school,change of place as they are so dependent on it.
I believe parents should empower themselves to be basic pillar of support to their child.School and therapies should be considered just the support system.We definitely can not completely reply on it.
"A bird sitting on the tree is never afraid of the branch breaking,because her trust is not on the branch but on its wings".Always believe in yourself"
Empower yourself by knowing your child the best..
Empower yourself by experimenting different strategies with your child..
Empower yourself by your experiences and failures.
Empower yourself by thinking out of box.
Empower yourself by just not giving up
Empower by just believing in yourself -More power to you
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