A meeting with a happy result

@maximax8 (31053)
United Kingdom
November 3, 2011 10:01am CST
I went to a meeting today with a lady talking about hydrocephalus in the classroom and how it is affecting my 4 year old disabled son. She said that people with hydrocephalus don't process what is being said quickly. She mentioned that the person with hydrocephalus can seem to speak very well so this slow processing won't be understood. I know that the school are going to understand my disabled son much better. The lady invited us to a Christmas party in early December. She says other kids with spina bifida and hydrocephalus will be there. I can't wait to go there so my disabled son can make some friends of people with the same disability as him. So it is a very happy result for me. Have you ever had a happy result to a day you thought would just be as usual? Do you attend any meetings? Are you going to any parties at Christmas time?
7 responses
@bounce58 (17387)
• Canada
8 Nov 11
First off, it's great that your son would be able to meet some friends at a Christmas party. I'm sure he'll enjoying socializing with other kids. A couple of weekends ago, I went to a parent's meeting about a few things at my son's school. I expected it to be boring. Instead, I sat beside a guy who was a chair of local basketball event. After we chatted for a while, I was given the opportunity to promote my business on his event. It was a happy result for me.
@ElicBxn (63243)
• United States
6 Nov 11
I'm glad that your son is going to meet other's with his disability. I know a young man who was born with spinal bifida and hydrocephalus. Last I heard he was a very sick young man...
@AmbiePam (85663)
• United States
4 Nov 11
That is awesome. It really really is. I'm so glad that the meeting when that well.
@jillhill (37354)
• United States
5 Nov 11
So very happy for both you and your son. I have had days where things turned out to be wonderful..but nothing special for a while. I am going to go to a few parties. I belong to a club so there is a meeting and a party coming up!
@writersedge (22563)
• United States
4 Nov 11
Congrats! I think it's wonderful that he will meet other children just like him. I hope he makes some wonderful friends and that you do,too. No, most meetings here are stupid or dull or boring or redundant.
@WakeUpKitty (8694)
• Netherlands
3 Nov 11
Today I had a happy result after talking to a friend. I told her I had a chat with the new teacher of my son and the education coördinator of the school. The teacher says my son is not able to make contact with kids of his own age. He is doing that with adults great. He also should disturb some games while other kids are playing. I asked her if she knows if he does understand the way those kids are playing. She said he does. How she knows? Because he is repeats exactly what is told about the rules. I tried to explain to her that this is not a prove of understanding those rules at all. Since my son is very intelligent plus very creative he lives in his own world. He has different way of observing things and he is always busy with making new drawings or building new inventions (he is 8 years old). If he starts drawing he already has the whole picture finished already in his head. There are many details in it. The only other boy in his classroom is exactly the same so they do understand eachtother. Playing together means each of them is doing what they like in the same room. My friend knows what I mean (the teacher doesn't because these kind of kids are different from her) since she has a high intelligent son and daughter as well. She told me things that were a relief to me. My son is normal, there is no need for him to change each time again so that others are able to understand him a bit. Even if he tries it will never be good enough. He is very talented and lives in between a family where 4 of the 5 people are exactly the way he is and who all understand him. They all are looking for people who are like them as well and if it comes to that age doesn't matter. There is no need at all to send him to a shrink or social worker. There is nothing wrong with being different and it's a great gift if you are so talented and creative. As I left my friend we felt both happy. We shared our ideas about our kids who are the same and who had very hard times because of people who are not able to understand their way of thinking. We will do everything to help them to stay the way they are and we both also feel way stronger because we know we will also help out eachothers kids to be the one they are. No matter what a teacher, social worker or society thinks about that. It's not the cattle that makes the change but those who are different from them. We won't go to special meetings but we will try to let them be more frequently with people who are like them and will understand the way they think. We don't go to any parties at Christmas. It's not really habit and this year we will be in Africa during that time. My kids are really looking forward to that they love to travel.
• Pakistan
3 Nov 11
yup i had a happy result :). It was when I was just doing my work as usual then suddenly i got the news that my brother has send some stuff from me from OMAN. I never thought that He will send the stuff in this way :)....I was very happy at time. CHEERS