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Loving & living with a special needs child
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9.23.2000
world health organization's assessment of health care systems: "The end result was a ranking for the overall attainment of each country's health care system. The United States was ranked 15th of the 191, behind most western nations and
Japan. Although the U.S. ranked first in "responsiveness," it ranked 24th in the DALE rating and 54th (along with Fiji) in the assessment of the fairness of the distribution of
the health care financial burden. Interestingly, the U.S. spends twice as much as Japan (number one) and Italy (number eleven), more than twice as much as Britain (number
nine), and almost twice as much as France (number six) and Germany (number fourteen). "
---disabilityrights.org, National News, September 200
did you know next month is national disability awareness month?
posted by domynoe on 7:28:24 PM | note me
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i am hoping that being on medication myself will actually give me more of an appreciation for what we need to find for kristav. the first medication killed his appetite and kept him up all night and made him pretty irritable. this one seems to have slowed him down some, his speech is clearer and his sleeping schedule doesn't seem too interrupted. his appetite is down, but not as much as on the first medication, he still has some irritability. however, with his lowered activity level i am also seeing less interaction in play, the teacher has commented that it is harder to get him to focus on a task, and irritability is still an issue. not having had to ind medication for a child with my son's particular make-up and problems, i am not quite sure what i am looking for here. he can't be "normal" by any stretch of the imagination. but what is "close enoguh"? what are we looking for? i suppose when i see it in him, i will know. with my own adhd eventually under control, hopefully i will be able to see it better. if anything, i can at least appreciate somewhat what he goes through as we try to find what's right for him.
posted by domynoe on 5:32:33 PM | note me
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welcome to reading i&i! i hope we help a little, but remember, just as every "normal" child is different, so is every differently-abled child. they have as much difference in temperament and personality as any other child. add their unique disabilities, and, yes, you will have some interesting challenges ahead. but they are wonderful and make you appreciate every step of development, every challenge they meet successfully, and just life and kids in general.
posted by domynoe on 5:22:50 PM | note me
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9.21.2000
i have wanted to keep my son off ritalin, which i think is over prescribed unless it absolutely IS the last and only hope we have for his adhd related behavior, but i am not sure what a lawsuit would do here (MSN Health). there is the very real possibilit of doctors becominf so cautious that borderline kids who do need help won't be diagnosed, which to me is as bad as diagnosing kids who are NOT adhd at all and giving them the drug. today there are so many options for kids with adhd. my son isn't on ritalin and i will do what i can to avoid it. his current medication is working some, but we are still experienceing irritability and sleeping and eating problems. he seems a bit more social, his speech is a touch more clear however. it would be ver nice if i could get the benefits without the deficits. thanks, daddy, for the link.
posted by domynoe on 12:33:50 AM | note me
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