Frustrated in FL!

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Hello, my name is . I have 3 boys, Aiden, Conner and

Darrius. Just before Aiden's 3rd birthday we took him to the Dr's

because he was not clearly talking, a lot of babbling and a large

lack of communication. The Dr recommend we call Child Find and take

him in for an evaluation, which we did. They did the evaluation and

said the he was 40% delayed and recommended a neurological screening,

and started all the paper work for the school board transition. The

school board recommended enrolling him in a full time pre-K. My

husband and I did not agree with this, so the school board said if we

do not follow their recommendations that they would not help us? We

then took him to a speech pathologist, she did her own evaluation.

She believes that Aiden has a Developmental Dyspraxia. His

comprehension is more than we had imagined. He just does not have the

ability to return communication threw speech. We are now learning

sign language and will be taking him for a neurological screening and

an Occupational therapy assessment. He has gone to speech therapy

twice and learn a dozen new signs, I can't believe the changes in

him in one week.

A lot of my frustrations come from the lack of support we

have. My in-laws think that we are doing everything wrong. That if

he's around more kids, if we do this or that he would be fine? They

can't comprehend that he could have a neurological disorder that can

be disabling and he needs helps. I guess because he has no physical

signs of a problem they don't see one. If someone was in an accident

and lost a leg and needed a wheel chair or crutches, maybe even a

prosthetic leg, that would be understandable to them, But because

Aiden doesn't speak and we are teaching him sign language we are

enabling him? I don't know how to handle them without possibly

getting angry and telling them off! Any advice?

If anyone has any recommendations of anything that might help

us to make Aiden's life a little easier I would appreciate any

feedback.

Thank you,

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