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"I try as hard as I can to always look on the good side of my son&amp;#039;s disability. It has its challenges, particularly when you&amp;#039;re a single parent dealing with an autistic child, but there&amp;#039;s no one I know with half the perseverance of my kid. I have all the faith in the world that he&amp;#039;ll get through the challenges and live his life with gusto. This morning, though, Peter and I got an email that hit me in the gut. It began: Good morning parents, Recently, David has been having difficulty with many of the basic skills being performed in his 3rd grade PE class. The PE teacher has been adapting the skills to make them more manageable for David and his aide is always there to support him when needed, but he is becoming frustrated and upset with himself. I would like to recommend a physical therapy evaluation to see if David would benefit from additional support in this area..... Let me tell you, third grade has been rough all around for David. Homework is kicking his butt on a daily basis and his frustration level at just about everything is palpable. It&amp;#039;s been very difficult to get through. And now we add Physical Therapy in with the Occupational Therapy, the Speech Therapy, the Reading Support and the Applied Behavioral Therapy. It just makes my head swim - I can only imagine what it does to him. I&amp;#039;m so grateful he&amp;#039;s in a school district that works so hard to identify issues early and address them with appropriate therapies. We&amp;#039;re very, very lucky to live where we do, I know that. I just don&amp;#039;t feel so lucky today. I feel like a Mom who just wants her kid to have the life the other kids have. Sorry if I&amp;#039;m wallowing. I just feel so frustrated today, and tonight I&amp;#039;ll go home and deal with it all myself, like I always do. I&amp;#039;d just really like to be able to put my head on a shoulder and have somebody reassure me that we&amp;#039;ll get through this together. As a team. But we&amp;#039;re not a team anymore. We&amp;#039;re playing on separate courts in separate leagues and I&amp;#039;m sure he&amp;#039;ll email me his thoughts and email the Learning Support Specialist his thoughts and I&amp;#039;ll add mine and it&amp;#039;ll all work out.  I just really need a hug, y&amp;#039;know? "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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