Receiving and assuming a child's disability is not easy, it is a hard blow that will accompany you for the rest of your life. But that, for the sake of your own child, you must accept and assimilate as best and as quickly as possible. Since this is the only way to provide the best life possible, and enhance their capabilities to the maximum so that your child has a full life.
It is normal that you find yourself lost or lost before a similar news, no parent is prepared to deal with something like this. However, your child's happiness does not depend on his disability, on the contrary, he can be the happiest child in the world with his difficulties. But to do this, he needs his parents to be strong and prepared to work together for the well-being of the child.
If you need help to overcome this situation and prepare yourself emotionally to assume the disability, Do not doubt find support groups. There are many ways to find support in other families who are going through a situation similar to yours. Either in person, through forums on the Internet or by interacting with other parents of children with disabilities, who you will get to know, you will be able to find great support and understanding that will help you to assume the disability of a child.
These are some tips for assuming a child's disability
Once you receive the diagnosis, chances are that all the life of your child appears before your eyes just as you had dreamed it before he even came to this world. Therefore, when they tell you that nothing is going to be as you imagined, it is most likely that you sink and do not know how to deal with it.
These tips will help you see the situation from another perspective.
Assume the diagnosis
All parents who receive the news of a child's disability, go through a stage of denial. Something completely logical, but that you must overcome as soon as possible. It is possible that the diagnosis is not entirely clear, that it is a suspicion, especially in the case of intellectual disability associated with TEA (autism spectrum disorder) since during the first years it is very difficult to get a clear diagnosis.
However the sooner you assume that your child has a disability (or different abilities) the sooner you can receive the care you need to improve your condition, whatever it may be.
Short-term goals
The beginning of the early intervention can be complicated, the most normal is that take a few months to get the first results. So you must consider your short-term goals, any progress will be a great step and you must celebrate it as the greatest of triumphs. Do not think about what your child will or will not be able to achieve in the future, his path is very long and the work is constant.
Watch your health
It is normal that you feel sunk, that your whole world collapses in front of everything that is to come. But you must be aware that your child is the same, with or without disability. He needs you strong, he needs you happy and he needs you positive to be able to face his life as it has to come. Avoid social isolation, something that many mothers and fathers suffer at the beginning of the diagnosis.
You will be surprised to know how many cases of special children there are everywhere, in the park, at school, in your own community and even in your lifelong friends. Hide this type of news to avoid suffering, because explaining it is not easy, it is a mistake that you should not make. It is essential that you normalize the situation as soon as possible, that the whole family is aware of what is happening and that everyone strives to maintain normality.
Children must be happy, they must be loved and protected regardless of their abilities. Therefore, on the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, we want to remember something essential, children are children despite their diversity. As mother or father, struggle to achieve inclusion in the child's daily life, so that you can grow up happy despite adversity.