I Have a Child With Autism

I have 3 children with autism. 9, 9 and 10. One of my daughters is more higher functioning and she just got reevalutated for receiving special needs at school. (They all did).

Well, they just told me that her needs are cognitive. They said its not so much her autism, as it is that shes got lower IQ. I never thought about that. They think she'll always have lower IQ and will probably always be slow.

Ok. I don't know why, but after years of knowing my kidz have autism (like what almost 6 years now) this made me super sad. I have no idea why.

She wants to get married when she gets older. Wants to be a teacher, loves kidz and unicorns.

It hurts me to think that she can't have these things, and yet shes aware enough of them that she yearns for them. And thinks about them.

I have no idea.

Is it possible for someone with special needs to find love? To have a life that they love?

I don't know why the IQ is the one to break my heart, but it does.

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hereisme

why don't you try and create a website put in everything you think other parents of autistic children might want to know and tthings children themselves might want to know.
Help others if your not sure how to go about doing it then look it up.

Remember your not alone out there and you need to speak with others in your situation.

I told you about my neighbor who has a daughter with severe epilepsy and her brain was starved of oxygen as a child so despite the fact she is in her late 30s mentally she is like a young child in many ways.

Anyway I have epilepsy although not as bad as hers I never used to be able to talk about it because it made me feel like I had some kind of disease I was ashamed of then I met her and suddenly my problems did not seem as bad and her parents would discuss with me my epilepsy and if made me feel so much better to be able to discuss it with people who could relate to my problem

I get the impression you have quite a few things getting you down so speak to others who you can relate to and do not bottle things up