I would like to know if any one has an adult disabled child, and do you agree with me? When they are young you may think it will get easier as they grow older, well think again. My girl is 20 years old and it has not gotten any easier. If anything it is much harder physicaly and emotionaly. She is an adult and has the same adult mind as any normal 20 year old. The only thing that makes her diffrent is she is physicaly chalenged. She is unable to do most things on her own including toileting, bathing, and food prepraring. She needs to be transfered from her wheel chair to bed every night. This is just a few of the tasks that have to be met every day. Now because she is in a wheel chair it is hard for her to experiance the so called normal things that a girl her age does. Such as dating, going out on the week ends and simply socializing. All these thing are a mental stress on her and me. When you see you child hurting you as a parent hurt too. You can only hope that there is a reason for all this crazyness and that by the time you are old your child will be selph dependant. That they will have employment that can support their needs. Get married have children and possibly experiance sum what of a normal life. This is some of the reasons I say it is harder as they grow older. We all want the same thing for our children but for some it is further away and much harder to achieve. ↓
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