Dealing with the diagnosis

This has been a very difficult entry for me to write. Every time I thought I had down what I wanted to say, I would read it and realize that I didn't get my meaning across at all! Basically, what I want to tell you is that the little things don't matter. In the long run, the diagnosis of "Autism" or "Asperger's" or whatever else you are dealing with is just a word. Ultimately, what really matters is that you love your children and you want to do what is best for them. If that means you need to restructure your whole life so that the world makes sense to them, then no problem.

I have decided to just leave it at that. I had tons more written on this subject, but every time I proof-read this entry, I felt that it seemed lacking. I believe the path towards acceptance of your child’s diagnosis is one that everyone must travel at their own pace. No one can tell you a cure all for helping you accept the diagnosis. The best thing I can do is tell you that I have come to terms with it myself, and find that it is not such a bad thing. My children are incredibly special. Perhaps not in the ways I envisioned when they were newborn babies in my arms, but in ways that I could not have even dreamed back then. They are unique and wonderful and I would not change a hair on their heads.