Give yourself time to process it. It's completely normal to have a ton of conflicted feelings about a diagnosis like ASD. No matter what, Cora is the same great kid today that she was yesterday.
I'm happy for you that this will open doors for her to get help, but sad that you and she now know you're going to have to deal with this. You've been such a great advocate for her since your concerns started, so I know you'll continue to be an amazing mom to her.
Hugs, friend. With my nephew, it helped me to remember that this is exactly the same awesome kid that you had before the diagnosis. Nothing has changed except you can now better help her.
(hugs) - every emotion is ok. If you move, do you have to deal with the whole evaluation over again? I know this one took forever to get.
No. And apparently our current county was federally mandated to accept the IFSP Texas put together before we left. We never should have had to do the evaluation we're just finishing.
OMG, so you went through all of that for nothing? What a rollercoaster.
Hopefully if you can move, it will provide more resources for C. Hugs.
(hugs) - every emotion is ok. If you move, do you have to deal with the whole evaluation over again? I know this one took forever to get.
No. And apparently our current county was federally mandated to accept the IFSP Texas put together before we left. We never should have had to do the evaluation we're just finishing.
Ugh I'm sorry you had to go through all that.
Are you guys going to move? Are services really THAT much better? Hows the rental market there?
Post by hopecounts on Apr 13, 2016 12:30:47 GMT -5
((hugs)) getting the diagnosis is a mind fuck. It's ok to feel whatever you feel and it'll probably be a roller coaster emotionally for a while and that is ok. Take the advice about moving if it is at all feasible, getting good services is hard and if you are being warned away from where you are it's wise to listen. Was the eval for the school system or EI? She is at the age where they begin the transition process and they typically re-eval for transition to the school system. That aside a private eval and medical diagnosis can be more then worth it in the long term so annoying as it is it may be a good thing.
So many hugs, swizz. hermione is absolutely right-this diagnosis changes nothing about who C is. She's still the same awesome, funny, adorable, Chickaletta loving little stinker she's always been.