The Impact of Childhood Disability: The Parent's Struggle
I joined a support group through yahoo a couple years ago due to a friend's son drowning and now being profoundly handicapped. It is also the reason I joined this group. I tell you this because this situation with my friend seriously affected me emotionally and mentally due to our closeness and I have since tried to learn as much as I can and help him as much as he will let me. Duke asked me to become one of his News Staff members quite a while ago and I happily agreed. The following article was posted on my yahoo group and I wanted to make it a news article but I would not have been able to paraphrase what this man said and it so opened my eyes to what my friend must be going through. Some of the things in this article relate to my own struggle to understand what happened and why. I have gone through and am still going through some of the "feeling states" that this man talks about. I wanted to share this with you all and maybe help someone else out there going through a similar situation. The article is long but worth the read. I want to thank you all for providing such a wonderful place to express my inner most feelings and thoughts. These last two years for me have been painful and you are helping me get through it.
http://www.cdlsusa.org/publications/...isability.html