This story is about my son’s disorder. How I came to find out he had this disability, what has been done to help, and also how I have felt through this whole process.  

Early 2004, I was approached by my son’s pre-school teacher as she was

At this time, I was like “Oh god, what’s wrong with my son?” It was a huge blow to a mother’s heart, to hear things were not so good.  

The assessment  went ahead, although could not be fully done, as Lachlan did not want to co-operate. I’m not sure if Lachlan found it too hard to comprehend, but they couldn’t finish the whole test. They thought the best for Lachlan would be to attend an S.E.D.U, which is a Special Education Department Unit. This would help with his learning and comprehension of learning and daily happenings that would occur at school and in his life.   He would attend the S.E.D.U for the 1st 2 days of the week, and also still attend pre-school the last 2 days of the week.  

Children also attending the S.E.D.U would be children with Down’s syndrome, Autism etc.  Because this is such an extensive article, I will be writing this in installments. Part 2 is to follow, where I will explain what PDD is!