http://fridayplaydate.com/pointy/ entirely true, but exaggerated for comic effect Tue, 22 May 2012 09:23:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 http://fridayplaydate.com/pointy/#comment-3274 marti Sun, 02 Apr 2006 03:41:00 +0000 http://fridayplaydate.com/pointy/#comment-3274 Susan,<br/>Diagnosis = respite care. See if you can get both. Personal Care Attendant, too, may be something you can qualify for ... Also, private school may not have resources to understand fully the issues that Henry needs to have addressed. Also, know that Henry cannot understand the social consequences because he doesn't have the hard wiring to understand them. Or, he may be able to understand them while he hears them explained because he's brilliant, but because of his disability, he cannot control his reaction at any given time depending on the situation. Give Charlie a special hug for me, a motorcycle riding redhead from Minnesota who thinks she's probably like to laugh with him sometime, too. Yea little guy, life bites ... but Charlie sounds like a "weather the storm" kind of child, and you know that you will NEVER neglect him. When you have to be with Henry, Wade may have to spend extra time with Charlie when he gets home or on weekends. And, he's very, very smart and loves his big brother, and when he is old enough you will use the socially appropriate words to help him understand why some things are harder for Henry, and why Henry needs extra people in his life to help him learn that stuff. Trust me. Charlie already knows that. If he's socially typical he sees the difficulty that Henry has ... he just doesn't have the words yet. Susan,
Diagnosis = respite care. See if you can get both. Personal Care Attendant, too, may be something you can qualify for … Also, private school may not have resources to understand fully the issues that Henry needs to have addressed. Also, know that Henry cannot understand the social consequences because he doesn’t have the hard wiring to understand them. Or, he may be able to understand them while he hears them explained because he’s brilliant, but because of his disability, he cannot control his reaction at any given time depending on the situation. Give Charlie a special hug for me, a motorcycle riding redhead from Minnesota who thinks she’s probably like to laugh with him sometime, too. Yea little guy, life bites … but Charlie sounds like a “weather the storm” kind of child, and you know that you will NEVER neglect him. When you have to be with Henry, Wade may have to spend extra time with Charlie when he gets home or on weekends. And, he’s very, very smart and loves his big brother, and when he is old enough you will use the socially appropriate words to help him understand why some things are harder for Henry, and why Henry needs extra people in his life to help him learn that stuff. Trust me. Charlie already knows that. If he’s socially typical he sees the difficulty that Henry has … he just doesn’t have the words yet.

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