Frustration

[Guest guest]

So, this is another one of those days where I feel alone in the world

because people just don't understand what it is like to have a AS

child. I am gearing up for my son's annual IEP meeting. He will be

entering middle school next year (5th grade) and so I have to think

about how that will impact him. Of course, I have to do this now

because it will be half a school year into before his next IEP

meeting.

I am talking to a friend who has older NT kids that have been through

middle school and explaining the kind of things I want to have happen

and she is talking about how the teachers expect the kids to need

help getting organized and will work with them. I was trying to

explain how so many of the things that they need to do is just going

to be beyond his abilites and she is offering " helpful " ideas on how

I can work on things at home.

I guess that I am just feeling very frustrated because either I am

around people who, good friend or not, will never understand or I am

being defeatist about my son and giving up without trying. I don't

want to " give in " to the condition and give up on him but I also

don't want to make him feel like a failure his whole life either

because he does have limitations. I'm not sure about the balance I

need to find here.

Thanks for listening. Its nice to know that somewhere out in the

world are people who do understand.

Vickie