If you find out that your child is different from his peers, both physically and mentally, do not immediately panic. It is possible that this is a temporary phenomenon, but if the child is seriously diagnosed, it is worth thinking about his further development and upbringing.
A child's physical or mental problems bring distress to the parents and force them to make difficult but optimal choices.
Boarding school
No one has the right to condemn parents for abandoning a child who can never live a normal life among people. When babies are born with Down syndrome or cerebral palsy, the staff of the maternity hospital themselves offer to write a refusal from them, because not everyone will cope with this problem on their own.
Sometimes the child's illness manifests itself much later, he begins to lag behind in development and physically degrade. Signs of autism may appear and the child may become disabled as a result of the trauma.
The decision of many parents is to place the baby in a special boarding school. There is nothing wrong with that. Few have the opportunity to devote their lives to a sick child, because you need to have the strength, health, financial ability, time for constant supervision and the provision of proper medical care.
Home education
If parents have taken on the responsibility of raising a disabled child, first of all, they must have a financial base to carry out this step, because such a child needs much more than an ordinary child. One of the parents must leave work and take care of the child, take him to doctors and spend a lot of money on consultations, medications, and procedures. And, quite possibly, all this will be in vain, you will have to take care of the child all your life.
When parents understand this and accept the possible unfavorable development of events, they will have to meet a negative attitude towards their act, condemnation and misunderstanding. It is better to stop such conversations at once, answering that this is your child, you love him and will do everything possible to brighten his life.
After making a diagnosis, you need to collect any information about him from the Internet, books, contact the best specialists. You can also meet families who are raising children with the same diagnosis, and after talking with them, share your experience or learn something useful for yourself.
You can try to send a kid with a mild disability to a regular preschool or even a school. For children with more serious forms of the disease, there are correctional kindergartens and schools. Homeschooling is provided for children with problems of the musculoskeletal system.
It is better for hearing-impaired or visually impaired children to study in a special boarding school, where they will be helped to adapt to the outside world. Do not forget that it is necessary to give the child the opportunity to develop their interests.
