Diagnosis

Delayed Grieving

Posted December 21st, 2009 by mymamaslove

Delayed Grieving
by Leslie McCann

I spent five years defending my daughter’s needs to
professionals, to family members, to perfect strangers
and to my own husband. It was five years of pure
hell. See, for some reason, in our society if you don’t
have some sort of professionally labeled & drug-treatable
disorder, then there is nothing wrong with you.

Parents these days have children with all kinds
of problems: hyperactivity, food sensitivities that
lead to undesirable behaviors, sensory issues that lead
to undesirable behaviors, undiagnosed autism spectrum

It's Asperger's Syndrome

Posted September 28th, 2009 by Nelle Frances

Diagnosis

If you're reading this article, chances are your child/student has just been diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome (or there's a possibility they will be!) and you're searching the internet for any information that may help you make sense of the diagnosis. I'm fairly certain that you left the Paediatricians' office with just that one piece of information – “Your child has Asperger's Syndrome”. I'm confident you didn't receive an information kit containing:
• In depth explanation of the characteristics of Asperger's Syndrome;