Tips on How to Raise a Disabled Child

I am not a parent. I do not plan to have children. I'll be completely honest for a change. I don't think someone who is so dependent upon others should have a pet gold fish let a lone develop a zygote. These are simply answers that I have heard parroted over the years as I have been going through my experience as a person with a physical disability. The first thing to remember about raising a handicapped child it to try to strive for independence for the kid, this is very key.

The first thing a school is going to ask you is where do you see yourself and your child in five years? Well, quite frankly I never knew how to answer this one once I got older and they started asking me more questions about my future/ I would always things like well, most people don't have that one figured out either. I did this because I take life one day at a time and I'm never sure where it is/was going to lead me.

They never did like that answer because for some reason educational bureaucrats want you to have your whole life mapped out at the end of the first grade at the very least. Now I'm a liberal guy in the sense that I don't believe that having a government funded job is a bad thing, but when I use the term bureaucrat I'm referring to a paper shuffler, not someone who is competent. I'm referring to the kind of nitwit who just cashes a check.

Always try to accommodate transportation needs for your child so they can hang out with their friends, go to a civic engagement or have that all important first date. The parents out there should be working hard on this one because the sooner they get married the sooner you get them out of the house. Do not try and force social situations upon your child. Let the whole thing come naturally. This is 2007 (thank God) and everyone is generally very accepting. In that same vain, however please do not be too politically correct about your child's disability.