I guess I'm just looking around for other parents experiencing similar situations as I am -while being df'd and having little family support!
My oldest (9 yr old) son is Asperger's (highly functioning autistic) and OCD. I worked really hard with him through behavioral therapy and medication and he is doing so well. You wouldn't even know if you met him that he sees the world so differently from other children.
Well during my pregnancy for my third child ( now 4 month old daughter) my husband was deployed to Iraq and I started having huge difficulties with our 2 1/2 year old son. He was behaving like an ADHD child, he couldn't sleep and was acting out thrill seeking behaviors and hurt himself all the time in the process. I found out after a year of investigation (doctor's, therapists, early childhood intervention) that he has auditory and vestibular delays.
I never knew what this was until he was diagnosed-these two systems inside his inner ear have not developed fully. It's a totally physical issue that can be developed properly through speech and occupational therapy. He cannot fully understand where his body is in relationship to auditory input or where the ground is at, how far away something is from him. It causes him a lot of anxiety and frustration (and me!).
But I am feeling so challenged as a parent right now. With a new baby, an Asperger's boy (who has been the subject of a custody battle between JW dad and myself) and my now 3 year old son who we're trying to coach through a physical delay. This has turned into a long post-but does anyone else here deal with high maintenance parenting on a limited support system?