The SpecialMoms Parenting Magazine 1st Issue | Page 34

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Interview
Share with us the diagnosis of your
child with special needs, how did
you find out?

What is the most rewarding thing
about being the mother of a special
needs child?

Tyler

Honestly, I don’t see anything more rewarding

was

diagnosed

with

SPD/SID

(Sensory

Processing or Sensory Integration Disorder) after
years (he was 9 years old) of seeking the answers.
I started to think I was a bad mom, so I went to see
a therapist. SHE, not all the doctors we’d been
to, recognized what was going on and referred

from my middle daughter.
They each have amazing talents and skills and
an ability to see beyond the everyday. I think
just being a mother to some cool kids is pretty
awesome.

me onto an OT. It was a wonderful moment...
finally having a name or validation of what we
were dealing with. Proof that he wasn’t a bad
kid and I wasn’t a bad mom. I suspect he has
Aspergers too, but another title isn’t needed and

Briefly explain to us about your
business/charity and why you
decided to it?

we homeschool so we don’ Ё