We are not stupid!

This is my vent blog. I just have to get it out of my chest.

It is really hard to make people understand the condition of SPD. So many times I have been criticized as a not strict enough parent to get Clemmie to stay still for dinner or not to fidget. Or make Theo eat more because he is too skinny.

And this is coming from my own mother. How many times I tried to explain to her and gave her analogy that they were born this way and we are trying to help them. And I did ask her if she thinks that my cousin Kenny is not born with the extra X chromosome and is not a down syndrome. And my nephew Louie wasn't born with bad kidney's tubes which cause his kidney to be enlarged four times the normal size of a child. And she acknowledge those conditions, but doesn't believe the human brain could be born this way?

It is a lengthy process and an expensive burden and needs every ounce of commitment.

Maybe she wants to be in denial, but I thank my father for research and support. Or I would go insane if I hear anyone telling my children that they are stupid.