Surviving Autism

When I first heard that my daughter is different, I was really mad. I hated the family doctor who told my mom that my daughter could be autistic. For a single-parent who is trying her best to juggle work and family obligations to make ends meet this is devastating and an unwelcome remark.

I was mad because personally I feel I fell short of being a parent to my daughter because I am always at work and away from her and this is my fault. Second, how could she be autistic when she was doing so well on her first two years. She can sing, she interacts, and there are no deformations in her physical appearance at all.

I heard about autism before but I never really understood it until I accepted that its not something about what I did and did not do when I was pregnant and while she is growing up. Doctors and specialist around the world still doesn’t have a clue about what causes it.

The time I started to accept her situation, I sought help of experts and because of that my daughter has improved in so many ways compared to the time she didn’t received any intervention.

The process of accepting the diagnosis and your child for what he or she is, is often gradual and painstaking. The best way to do is seek help.