My husband and I attend the launch last week at the HOP (Houses of Parliament). We had some wonderful speakers and I was all ready to meet and greet, network, and generally give it the large. Unfortunately, my good intentions were thwarted when 16 year old Josh got up to speak. He spoke an eloquent speech and even up to then I was people watching, drinking in the atsmosphere and enjoying myself.
Then it happened - our host for the afternoon, Mr. Innis MP got up and thanked Josh for his speech and also, more importantly thanked his Dad for all his help and support with Josh. I just collapsed then and all the bravado I had when I first walked into the members dining room went sailing up the Thames on a very slow tug boat. Up until that point, no one had thanked a parent and even I felt, of course, why should we be thanked, they are our children and we are duty bound to do our best. The fact though that Josh's father, for 16 years, has (I am sure with a lot of family support) helped and guided his son, to bring him to that point, where he could speak to over 200 people, made me feel very small. We are only three and half years in with our son(who will be four in December) and when I think of how knacked I am now with it all, how do I possibly keep this momentum up for the next 10 years at least?
So there we are, I left the HOP and went in the nearest pub for a large Jack and coke and literally cried my eyes out. My husband was slightly bemused by the whole thing as he has never seen me like this before. I am the one who will talk to anyone, work the room etc. but not on this occasion.
So - after all that, can I add my thanks to Josh's Dad, I felt very humble after your son's speech and what a credit you are to your son!
Regards
DIL
Then it happened - our host for the afternoon, Mr. Innis MP got up and thanked Josh for his speech and also, more importantly thanked his Dad for all his help and support with Josh. I just collapsed then and all the bravado I had when I first walked into the members dining room went sailing up the Thames on a very slow tug boat. Up until that point, no one had thanked a parent and even I felt, of course, why should we be thanked, they are our children and we are duty bound to do our best. The fact though that Josh's father, for 16 years, has (I am sure with a lot of family support) helped and guided his son, to bring him to that point, where he could speak to over 200 people, made me feel very small. We are only three and half years in with our son(who will be four in December) and when I think of how knacked I am now with it all, how do I possibly keep this momentum up for the next 10 years at least?
So there we are, I left the HOP and went in the nearest pub for a large Jack and coke and literally cried my eyes out. My husband was slightly bemused by the whole thing as he has never seen me like this before. I am the one who will talk to anyone, work the room etc. but not on this occasion.
So - after all that, can I add my thanks to Josh's Dad, I felt very humble after your son's speech and what a credit you are to your son!
Regards
DIL
posted by Parent at
10:26 AM
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great to see this blog. My son got his diagnosis of Aspergers Syndrome today after several months of exhausting and emotionally draining events in relation to his education(described in my blog in all it's gory detail).
Yes it's exhausting but this make school make sense campaign is a great opportunity to raise this important issue. Keep up the good work...
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Lou, at 1:10 PM
It will be interesting to see how your year at school unfolds.
My daughter is 13 and was diagnosed when she was 9 (nearly 10) with Asperger's. After a VERY long and hard battle she finally got a statement in June this year, and is about to go into Year 9, full time (after a year part time, and the year before that out of school) so Spetember is a big time for us too - I shall look forward to seeing how your son does in school.
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Anonymous, at 4:34 PM
My 8 year old son has been diagnosed this summer with "Aspergers Syndrome" the people that told me that "He is a very naughty Boy" and have tried to dictate how I deal with him are now finally sitting in the wings, he is in a mainstream school, the headmaster, sent for the clynical phsycologist, very quickly,he said he is holding his head up, but will need to be kept a close eye on, but I have heard of others, who are not being seen to at all, and this campaign is for them Cheers x x x
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