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[quote=Anonymous]I hear you. It can be really hard, and what you're feeling is totally normal. I felt that I didn't have much support or empathy in these feelings early on, in part because I didn't have a network of other ASD parents when we got the diagnosis. Like some others have mentioned, I felt really left out and misunderstood by friends with kids the same age without ASD, and I felt like they just couldn't understand what I was going through. I lost a really good friend over it, and I still feel kind of bad - it was mostly my own fault, but she was also just really dense and insensitive. It was best, but it wasn't easy.

It got better with time, as I learned more about what we could and couldn't do and came to see that he was the same kid, with or without the diagnosis. There are still times when I grieve, though - when I see a friend's kid doing things my kid can't, when I think about the limitations my kid has, when my kid can't make something I know he wants to do work, etc.

On the plus side, I have learned a lot about myself and was forced to deal with my own issues. I don't think my issues were more significant than most people's, but we all have issues, and I probably could have sailed through the rest of my life without dealing with them if I hadn't been forced into this life. There are some good things that have come from that.[/quote]

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