RE: Caring for children with special needs! What happenes when they are no longer children?
I am not in the same situation except in one sense: I am a parent. Like you, I spend most of my physical and emotional resources investing in a future I cannot know.
I am also an occupational therapist, and have been for long enough to know teens and young adults who were once toddlers in my care.
Maybe that's why I don't have the same blissful ignorance as most parents of "neurotypical" kids. I've seen quite a few examples of lives that aren't going the way people expected. Will my child grow up strong and healthy? Or will he succumb to accident, illness, addiction..? I can't know, and in fact can't possibly help the outcome by worrying. Parenting is terrifyingly beautiful.
I'm writing a lot on your post, and not sure if it's helpful. It's just that your story and others like yours are precisely the reason I began blogging (initially not on Steemit). There's just so much more to raising kids with special needs than we get to cover in an OT session (or 20).
I live in the US so cannot help with local resources, but I'm happy to talk with you about strategies or just listen when you need to talk.
Terrifyingly beautiful! Those words capture parenting perfectly.
It is true, all parents have the same worries and concerns, no one knows what the future will hold.
I know our OT feels the same way as you do, there is never enough time to cover everything so we just address the most crucial needs at any given time.
I appreciate your comment and concern. It definitely makes a difference w to be able to share my journey here.
Thank you