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[quote=Anonymous]Heart goes out to you OP. I'm a SAHM with 3 kids with various diagnoses. No one diagnosis will keep them from leading independent lives and they appear NT to the average parent. But they have struggled so much over the years. Thankfully, thanks to all the interventions and supports they are now thriving and we are scaling back on everything.  We, too, have appeared over scheduled to the outside world but most of those things aren't ones anybody would choose - speech, OT and psychotherapy dominated our schedule between 3 kiddos. At one point in time, between the kids I had as many as 6 speech sessions and 3 OT sessions a week. Then there are the doctors appointments (I do allow the kids to do some "fun" activities too but you can imagine that they put me over the edge). And I spent plenty of time dealing with IEPs and insurance paperwork. I had more than a few relatives ask me why I was wasting my graduate degree at home. Where would I have found time to work? My mom asked if I was just looking for problems. My dad believed they would grow out of all of it.

I would never trade the sacrifices (career, financial and time) because the end result was far better than I could have ever imagined. I'm glad that I didn't let all the negative and judgmental comments influence my choices. My kids are *independent* and happy today because I did everything possible to support them.

You know your child best. Follow your heart. [/quote]

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