Sunday, July 27, 2008
Saturday, July 5, 2008
Autism Spectrum - Grieving
Here is a subject which is not too often spoken about. And, that is the subject of grief in the context of autism. I can recall when I was searching the net one day that I ran across this topic. I don't believe that it was happenstance, but ordained of God. Now, you might ask what does grieving have to do with autism. Well, I am glad you asked as I had the very same thought. As a matter of fact, I never really gave it much thought.
To set the background for this topic, my husband and I are raising our 6 year old grandson who happens to be on the autism spectrum. Upon receiving the diagnois. we quickly moved into an advocacy role. But, after seeing the subject as I was preparing for my presentation to masters level special education teachers. it became clearer to me that this was actually something I needed to deal with.
Grief is loss, and for us it was and is the loss of dreams in regards to our grandson's career path. We probably had gone thru the steps of grieving not actually realizing it especially since we were also involved in some legal matters regarding our grandson. To finally come to grips with it was by no means an easy thing. So many emotions to deal with and then we have the other family who don't seem to have a clue about what is going on. They appear to be in denial - and how many families deal with that. But, that is for another time.
To set the background for this topic, my husband and I are raising our 6 year old grandson who happens to be on the autism spectrum. Upon receiving the diagnois. we quickly moved into an advocacy role. But, after seeing the subject as I was preparing for my presentation to masters level special education teachers. it became clearer to me that this was actually something I needed to deal with.
Grief is loss, and for us it was and is the loss of dreams in regards to our grandson's career path. We probably had gone thru the steps of grieving not actually realizing it especially since we were also involved in some legal matters regarding our grandson. To finally come to grips with it was by no means an easy thing. So many emotions to deal with and then we have the other family who don't seem to have a clue about what is going on. They appear to be in denial - and how many families deal with that. But, that is for another time.
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