What it requires to BE a Special Needs Parent and what it requires to HELP one
In my family, we don't experience too many situations that fall into the normal category. With special needs kids, normal is something that we have almost no comprehension of. Normal is a subjective term anyway and it's going to be different for everyone. It's because of the above reasons, so many special needs families struggle. It's hard to find help for situations where unless you've lived it yourself, you can't possible truly comprehend. This is where the whole walk a mile in my shoes, cliché as fuck phrase, applies incredibly well. I run into that quite frequently in my life. There's a surprising amount of well intentioned people in the world (which is a good thing) who want to help but don't seem to grasp that the obvious solution doesn't…
