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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How do you all deal with family members who are insensitive or otherwise annoying about your kid’s diagnoses?

Two situations:

1. My husband was visiting his family recently. He mentioned that DD had been diagnosed with dyslexia and ADHD. His brother laughed and said “good luck with that,” in a sarcastic way.

Extremely obnoxious.

2. My dad got his Master’s in Special Ed in the 70s and worked for 3-4 years with kids with profound needs. He then switched careers and was a lawyer for decades. He now thinks that his experiences from the 70s makes him an expert at everything related to DD’s diagnosis and treatment.

He questions what her neuropsychologist recommends, all the way down to how to use specific test instruments. When I tell him what her very well qualified school team and neuropsychologist say, he pouts and says “well I guess I’m just stupid and don’t know anything.”

We recently found out DD is on benchmark with her latest DIBELS and were very happy. His response was, “well you don’t know how well qualified the people are who did that test.”

It’s so frustrating. I’m typically close with my parents and have kept them updated, but I’m at the point where I’m just going to tell my mom what’s happening.

Anyway, just a vent, but wanted to know who else deals with obnoxious family members.[/quote]

Consider that maybe it's obnoxious to think you know better than someone with a masters in special ed. You sound very new to this. Consider that you have a lot to learn yourself. [/quote]

When he tells me he knows better than the neuropsychologist who did my daughter’s evaluation, then I call foul.

I’m not saying I know better than him. I’m saying I put more trust in someone with expertise in dyslexia to the point where she lectures on it to her peers. [/quote]

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