To parents: If you have a child who has a
disability, it helps to have a support group or someone to talk to if you don’t
know what to do. This will be good because it will get both parents involved
and informed.
Secondly, don’t baby your child. If my parents had
babied me, I probably wouldn’t be the independent person that I am today.
Children with disabilities are capable of much more than you think. See what
they can do for themselves first, and if they need help, let them ask for it.
Let your child have a life of their own because, if
something happened to you, then the child would have to fend for themself.
There are a lot of kids with disabilities whose parents live through them. Try
to make sure that your child is as independent as possible.
If your child has siblings, make sure to watch out
for negative emotions. Make sure they know that you love them just as much, or
they might become jealous of the child with a disability. There are a lot of
websites dealing with this subject, such as the following: http://www.med.umich.edu/yourchild/topics/specneed.htm
Last of all, encourage your children to be patient
with each other, and find common interests.
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