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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous](And I do realize 2:28 is a troll. I'm just curious what they'll say.)[/quote]

I don't think they are a troll because I didn't write that post but I wholly agree.  You -do- have to plan for emergencies.  Granted the pandemic was unforeseeable; however school shutdowns have occurred because of the flu or fire or other circumstances.  You're a dumb and careless parent if you don't consider your backup plan for that.  Or if your childcare falls through unexpectedly.

In the case of the pandemic, I don't think anyone could have predicted the spring circumstances a year prior; however, this fall was completely predictable.  In April and May members of my friends and family group began talking about what we would do if school didn't reopen in-person in the fall.

Just because you're an ostrich with its head in the sand doesn't mean the rest of us were or are.  If you're scrambling right now, the end of October, because of your ineptitude and failure to anticipate what you needed to do to support DL for your kids then that's on you for not being a good parent and caretaker of your child/ren, special needs or otherwise.[/quote]

Schools don't shut down for 1+ years.  They didn't for past pandemics, wars or national disasters.  When I was growing up my high school was destroyed by a tornado.  We were back in classrooms a month later after they found alternative space for us and power was restored to most of the town.  Shutting schools down indefinitely is unprecedented.

How do you prepare for this?  Really, how?  I've been trying get him into private therapy programs.  But, half of them are still shut down (or virtual), and the other half are overbooked.  Which absolutely makes sense, since I'm sure I'm not the only person seeking extra private therapy to make up for the loss of SPED programs.

So we've got child care taken care of.  If for some reason my current provider fell through I have a list of alternatives.  When it comes to child care, I'm confident that I could deal with nearly any foreseeable outcome.  What I can't deal with, though, is a broad shutdown of educational services in the county for an extended- and indefinite- period of time.[/quote]

Where did either of those two earlier posters go?  The ones telling me I should have foreseen having an autistic child during a pandemic.  I'd really like to know how I could have planned for this better.  Apparently a lot of people could benefit from their insights, given that I'm told ABA therapists are being slammed with requests in Montgomery County and they're not able to accommodate the demand. [/quote]

I'm back.  I've had a busy day.  Here is what you should have done:  line up support.  Why weren't you contacting MoCo in April and May about what was happening?  Why weren't you calling your insurance about coverage for therapists in June and July and August?  Why weren't you working with other parents of SPED kids for a pod?  Why weren't you working with your employer to rearrange your schedule so that you could be more present during the day for your kid?  Why didn't you work with the school to establish a set of core classes that your child will attend and classes that he may or may not depending on your day?

[b]You seem to have copious amounts of time to spend here on DCUM complaining but I don't see you saying anything about what you have actually done. [/b] Cry me a river and I'll build a boat for me and my kid because I planned ahead while you didn't.  As far as I can tell what you have done is...NOTHING.  Get your act together and start being a better parent.[/quote]

How would I have lined up ABA therapy before he had an autism diagnosis?

I've got a flexible job, but having a flexible schedule doesn't mean I can go a year without working during business hours, since my job involves public interaction. My wife is a provider at a hospital, so she has almost no flexibility in her schedule. And even separate from that, there's not enough hours in the day to do what you're describing, also do a full-time job, and also sleep.

And a "pod," in general, isn't going to work well for an autistic preschooler. He's already in a very small daycare, but he clearly needs special services because he hasn't picked up any words in the last 6 months (hence the visit to the developmental pediatrician, which itself took forever to get in).

But by all means, keep feeling smug. Hopefully karma's a bitch.[/quote]

Huh.  How did he get a diagnosis from March until now?  I think you're just another idiot who knows nothing about it trying to stir the pot.  [b]You get what you deserve, baby.[/quote]
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The same way as everyone else: he saw a developmental pediatrician. You do realize doctors offices, and much of society in general, have been open for months now, right?

Did you really think doctors offices were still closed? They're open- it can just be hard to get in to a specialist these days.[/quote]

You hire a nanny or ABA therapist or both.  Your insurance should pay for services with an ASD diagnosis.  Your child is three.  Thats far easier than a child a few years older with DL and yet we all make it work.  You realize many of us have SN kids.  [/quote]

NP here but what did you mean by you get what you deserve?  PP deserves a SN kid? Deserves to be struggling with meeting those needs?  You sound like a cruel person.

And also can people PLEASE stop suggesting everyone just hire a nanny?!?! It is incredibly expensive and most people can not afford it.[/quote]

There are multiple posters on here.  I would never say you get what you deserve.  We couldn't hire a nanny, so I quit my job and my spouse got a second job to help cover the difference.  I got exactly the kid I deserved.  I gladly spent my days taking my child to therapies and my spouse worked really hard at two jobs to cover the costs (I offered to work nights and weekends but he declined) until he got a higher paying job.  You do what you need to do, especially if you are a married couple.  Its not on the school system to provide everything and if you are hoping they will, your child will be 18/out of school by the time they do.  I don't know anyone whose kids got their needs met by the school system.

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