PDD-Pervasive Developmental Disorder MY STORY 3rd & Final Part

Since Lachlan has been diagnosed with this disorder, PDD.

Things are looking up and he is getting the extra help he needs. He is doing really well with his reading, although he’s not at the normal standard he is improving in leaps and bounds. He makes me very proud every time he accomplishes a very hard word. His writing is beautiful, but to think back 2 years ago, he couldn’t even write!  

He regularly attends The Attic, which is the Special Unit situated within his school. He also gets extra help in class, One on One, which he really needs as he seems to cope better this way.   He also has Speech Therapy through the school as well.  

The negative side to this is a lot of people don’t understand Lachlan until I explain his disability. It makes it very hard, as you cannot see his disability. So people think automatically that he is a NAUGHTY boy!  

He does not have that many friends, which through my eyes is so very sad and upsetting, but for Lachlan it’s just the norm and prefers to just play on his own.  

It’s hard for him to comprehend some things. The Guidance Officer told me his brain is like a filing cabinet, he looks for the answer in there, but has a lot of trouble finding what file he put it into.  

In the past 3 yrs, I felt a lot of emotions a mother could feel. Disappointment, failure as a parent, sadness, stress and fear of what is yet to come. I am scared for my Lachlan, and what he will have to endure in his life. By this I mean, people not understanding him, him being seen as stupid or arrogant and most of all him not being accepted. In my own words the best way I explain Lachlan is, he is JUST DIFFERENT!  

 It has been a long road….but I cannot change what has happened, but I CAN make it better. I will do everything in my power, to see he gets the extra help he needs. I will never let him feel stupid, isolated from others, misunderstood and most of all unloved.   I hope this has helped anyone out there, who may have a child with PDD OR knows a child with PDD.  

Thanks for reading my advice