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Raising a child with Autism and/or other severe developmental disabilities

3/4/2010

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I may appear to be someone who has no thought or care to how my students do and function once they leave my care. On the contrary, I think about them throughout my day, night, and weekends. I worry about them, wonder about them, and think about how I can better serve and teach them.
I can not imagine being a mother or father of a child with Autism. However, I empathize. I feel sad, concerned, and responsible for supporting them when they have to consider the future and the lives that their children will lead into their adulthood. These special children are so sensitive to their surroundings, their peers, their teachers, their family, and their routines. When they enter puberty, a whole new set of variables enter their lives.
Due to the inability to communicate, one can only speculate the reasons for certain behaviors and how they change from one environment to another. That's what a behaviorist who practices ABA does, looks at the behavior objectively and considers all the variables, to determine the function, leading to an intervention that ultimately and theroetically help the individual with whatever maybe effecting him/her. Thus, the perception of a behaviorist being cold and unfeeling.... 
I feel so much for the parents and wish that I could ease the pain and stresses that come with raising a child that have such severe disabilities. Speaking as a person who has worked with students of this nature for well over a decade, I want my clients/parents of a disabled child to understand that I am ALWAYS thinking of your's , the children's and the rest of the family's well being before anything else.
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