Chapter 5 consisted of us being referred and discharged immediately from community paediatricians and made to jump through hoops, consisting of parenting courses. My daughter was deemed a child that was an extreme version of normal – who had tiny traits of autism, which would eventually go away. After I had received the report from […]
The Local Authority had decided that Lola didn’t need an assessment and the letter would explain more. When the letter arrived it stated that: Lola’s special educational needs are not severe enough to be able to grant her an assessment. And due to LACK of evidence provided by the school they wouldn’t be assessing but
Chapter 12 – Lack Of Evidence Meant She Wasn’t ‘Severe’ Enough Read More »
Okay so I know I say this every single chapter and it’s probably getting a bit repetitive now – but it’s true – things got worse. We well and truly hit rock bottom going into 2014. Lola’s behaviour was erratic, it’s like she didn’t care about anyone. She didn’t care about other peoples feelings, there
After the horrendous hospital visit we had with Connie after using the crèche at the parenting course I had no qualms in phoning the people from the parenting course and telling them I wouldn’t be back, and also the people who organised it too. I was so annoyed at the whole situation of being
It was Lola’s first day at reception and she waltzed straight in, bold and bright as a button, but that didn’t last long, and as soon as she realised it was a long term thing she started getting upset and screaming every time I left, which is normal right? Of course, it is – she’s
It was great having a nanny so I could do a bit of work, Jade was amazing, the kids knew her and she knew them so it was easier for me to relax back into work. They were hard work for her but she was a natural! It was getting on
So we carried on, we had to just get through it; my daughter was still up every single night about 20-30 minutes after she’s fallen asleep and every half hour thereafter until the early hours. It was awful; I hardly ever had any sleep. Just one night I would have liked, but still, she wouldn’t
In the last part, Chapter 4 – Rock bottom before a diagnosis – there were a few details I missed out and so if you’re just joining us then you may be a bit confused, it might be wise to go back a little and start from the beginning. You’ll find all the previous chapters
I may have left you on a bit of a cliff-hanger in the last segment – Chapter 3 – The symptoms, but If you’re just joining us, then I have previously had concerns about my daughter’s behaviour and we had been referred to the Health Visiting team. They had spent a long time assessing us, meeting
Ok, I’m taking a risk with this next chapter; I’m opening up completely, the truth of how I coped with a very challenging little girl and the awful cycle that we got caught up in. Please remember that this is happening daily, people are so sleep deprived and frustrated that they are not thinking clearly,
