What the Doctors Didn’t Tell My Parents the Day They Got My Diagnosis

Dear parents of children diagnosed with special needs: please don’t give up. Learn how Music And Rhythm Can Help Your Child’s Autism – CLICK HERE On the day of my diagnosis, there was so much they didn’t tell my parents and me. They told us everything I likely wouldn’t do. They evaluated and pointed out my struggles and challenges. Appointment after appointment, my parents heard and had to be part of conversations about what I couldn’t do and what I likely may never be able to do. Professional after professional, year after year, diagnosis after diagnosis, appointment after appointment, meeting after meeting, time and time again this repeated itself. You see, I wasn’t diagnosed with autism as a young toddler or preschooler. 17 years ago, when I was 4 years old, autism wasn’t as well-known and definitely wasn’t a likely diagnosis for a little girl who talked early. When the pediatrician asked my mom if I could say a three-word sentence at age 2, I told the docto
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