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[quote=Anonymous]My parents are amazingly supportive.  My SN kid has a learning disability, language issues and ADHD.  My parents have helped pay for private school, assessments and therapies and listen to the never ending legal battles with school.  They are far more helpful than bioDad.  One grandparent even attends IEPs since I am a divorced mom and dad doesn't participate in school.

Of course, they learned to be supportive the hard way when they lost a relationship with their own LD DC due to perceived lack of assistance/support to their own DC (my sibling).  That story has many perspectives in terms of "fault,"  Their support to their grandchild now is probably due to a kind of desire to go back and do right what they were unable to do right the first time (for reasons that aren't entirely their own fault).

If your parents aren't supportive, try not to be too hard on them.   We can only do what we know how to do.  Many people don't understand disabilities, don't have the strength to cope and/or were raised in a culture and time when these things weren't spoken of.  It's hard to teach an old dog new tricks.  Instead of anger, look for your support wherever you CAN find it. [/quote]

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