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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Can you all do [b]any of the therapies yourself since you have extra hands and time now[/b]?

Have your [b]parents helped[/b]? I feel like the man’s parents just don’t help as much and will not step in the way the wife’s parents do. [/quote]

It's only my Mom and my younger siblings who are working and going to school. They can babysit once in a while or listen but that's about it.

We've already cancelled OT and are doing it at home but DC needs speech, PT. We've cancelled our other DC's Cub Scouts and soccer because we are that stretched thin. He was so upset, it broke our hearts, he loves soccer. We have enough money for mortgage. gas, therapies. Most of our food comes from food banks. I also have a small vegetable garden.

I am crying. His parents can afford vacations, Broadway shows, regular friends outings at expensive restaurants, but it doesn't occur to them that maybe their children, let alone grandchildren, are struggling. That maybe more than a superficial text message would help. Maybe offer to pay for their grandchild's therapy, because yes, they can afford it. He is their blood.

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Did you ask them for help?  To pay for Cub Scouts (there are usually funds available) or soccer for your other child?  If you do not ask, you cannot expect them to understand how bad things are.  In fact, many people on DCUM would be furious with in-laws who dared to speak to them about finances.

I do want to say, though, that illness/disabilities in one child can really cause issues in another sibling because parents are spending so much attention, emotion, and here, money, on the SN child.  Try to speak to organizations about providing financial aid so that your child can participate in normal activities (of course, not travel soccer, but cities offer rec league scholarships, etc.).

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