It has been almost five months
now that my son, and I have been living in this country that we have moved to. Here there are some schools and resource centers,
which provide schooling and therapies for autistic children. We have been to almost all these places and
still we have not found a school where I am confident enough to leave behind my
non-verbal autistic child for even few hours.
As I find most of these places are overcrowded and the teachers have
more kids than they can handle. Therefore,
I have been taking my son to therapy sessions in hospitals and resource centers.
Here what I find is that each therapist in
the hospitals belongs to a circle. Each one is in connection with a resource
center, which they run or which they work for and the doctors (pediatricians, psychiatrists,
neurologists) connected with that resource center are the ones they want to
send their patient’s to. For foreigners
these resource centers charge a registration fee heavier than the locals do
which is alright for me as long as they provide the services they assure. But after
the registration is over the regular therapy sessions start to lessen they are
unable to give appointments as they promise.
As for my son he likes to go to
therapy sessions but part of his enthusiasm is not there as he misses his
father. But there’s something that makes all his anxiety and sadness disappear.
That is when he gets to ride in a three
wheeler. Three wheeler autos are something he loves to ride, which is not
present in our country. So that is the highlight for my son as we live here.
Soon his father is going to visit us but I am not telling this to my son yet because
he will get too anxious in anticipation.
