How do you think you as a parent would react...if at some point, you heard from a family member or friend that your child should be checked out for developmental delays?
Don't really know how I would react, as not a parent yet, but having had to give parents news like that is...erm somewhat awful. I dont know how to lie, never have so parents must find it really difficult when i have to 'break' the news.
Most parents dont really read up on things like dyslexia or autism and usually just go on hearsay of friends and neighbours. Thats difficult to deal with.
Also, every single child in an individual and they all have individual traits. Some parents compare their autistic child to another and in my professional opinion, its really difficult to get parents not to do that.
I just focus on the positives all the time and encourage the parents to see what their children can do, not what they can't.