But I does appear a bit of sanity and common sense reappearing, weird and worrying but unsurprising that the people involved have to go on ‘courses’ to work this basic stuff out. Suggests to me the wrong people in these jobs but ever thus I guess and after all It’s just money..
‘the quest to find neutral therapeutic support for my daughter’
says it all doesn’t it? What a failure for all those involved here.
Meanwhile, can I say well done Mummy for sticking to your mission, recognising the dangers on this very steep rocky path and looking out for the bad actors. A really good job there and cannot begin to imagine the level of patience and effort that has been required from you. And as we know, it’s never over, but what a shining example you are and know that your daughter will make it through to a happier and more relaxed place which is what we all want for our children. Good luck to you.
And thank you James for publishing this.
As a side note, no one likes puberty.. no one, but once you get through those tricky years and work out how to cope with the ‘new you’ it’s all good stuff and you learn to love yourself more over time and wonder what all the stresses, strains and fuss was about.. good to avoid lobbing things tho ..
I found this a moving and also very worrying account of the mixed (and wrong) messages in an already intolerable world for an autistic child AND her (in this case) parents. I am confused though myself. The headline is “a Mother’s search….” But it is written in the first person as if it were James Esses himself). James, as a loyal supporter of all your work, please could you clarify this?
What a tangled mess our Education/NHS guidelines are in.
But I does appear a bit of sanity and common sense reappearing, weird and worrying but unsurprising that the people involved have to go on ‘courses’ to work this basic stuff out. Suggests to me the wrong people in these jobs but ever thus I guess and after all It’s just money..
And on another note.
‘the quest to find neutral therapeutic support for my daughter’
says it all doesn’t it? What a failure for all those involved here.
Meanwhile, can I say well done Mummy for sticking to your mission, recognising the dangers on this very steep rocky path and looking out for the bad actors. A really good job there and cannot begin to imagine the level of patience and effort that has been required from you. And as we know, it’s never over, but what a shining example you are and know that your daughter will make it through to a happier and more relaxed place which is what we all want for our children. Good luck to you.
And thank you James for publishing this.
As a side note, no one likes puberty.. no one, but once you get through those tricky years and work out how to cope with the ‘new you’ it’s all good stuff and you learn to love yourself more over time and wonder what all the stresses, strains and fuss was about.. good to avoid lobbing things tho ..
I found this a moving and also very worrying account of the mixed (and wrong) messages in an already intolerable world for an autistic child AND her (in this case) parents. I am confused though myself. The headline is “a Mother’s search….” But it is written in the first person as if it were James Esses himself). James, as a loyal supporter of all your work, please could you clarify this?