What a tough thing it is to face when something may be wrong with your child. Most, if not all, parents go thru a period of denial but the thing that will benefit the child most is quick action to address any and all issues there may be.
I was so heartbroken to read of the death of John Travolta's 16 year old son. There had been speculation for years that the boy was autistic. He rarely spoke, was rarely seen in public, was led by the hand even as a teenager. His parents are scientologists who do not beleive in any type of neurological trouble, do not beleive in any type of therapy that could benefit autism-like disorders. They also do not beleive in treating seizure disorders with anti-seizure meds. It looks like the kid died from a fall he took while suffering a seizure.
My heart bleeds for them and I pray for them as they suffer such a great loss. And also I wonder if this will change them.
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?
he died during a seizure, my God, my heart is bleeding too. My own little daughter suffers from epilepsy and it could have been my child :(