Coping With Your Child’s Unexpected Diagnosis
And before she was upwardly mobile, and now she is in a wheelchair and she has to be pushed around and she needs help with toileting and pretty much life skills. Okay, so the reason I am talking to you all today is to give advice and tips on how to cope with this type of diagnosis or these traumatic things that might happen. Again, I'm not a parent. It is not up to me to judge or to make any sort of judgment
That is what we are here for. I've said this before and I've said this again. This is why I was put on this planet, to make it a better place to help you all with your children, special needs children, in any and every way that I can. Thank you so very much for listening and I look forward to more wonderful continued dialogue with you all. Have a good day. Bye
Nick Hydier
@NickHydier9813 · 2:01
I would also have in school, I would have aides who would be in the classroom who would help me with activities where I might need assistance with carrying something or moving from place to place or even just doing assignments. Now, now, that was mostly in elementary school, but that got a lot lesser in middle school and high school. Again, thank you so much for doing this. Well, really appreciate it. Sending so much love
Nick Hydier
@NickHydier9813 · 2:17
And again, I really appreciate you for being able to do this series because it has been very helpful and it's really, I think, made not just disability awareness, but also lessened the stigma of disability, something that we didn't have many, many years ago, even when the internet didn't exist. So thank you again, Leanne
Nick Hydier
@NickHydier9813 · 4:25
The way that at least I felt is that my family, especially my parents, have kind of wanted me to be that, to be what they would perceive me to be and not being my own person. So perhaps throughout my whole life, even into my teen years and into my adulthood, I've tried to become my own person and constantly remind myself that I am my own person. I have my own thoughts and feelings and desires. I want independence and try to gain independence
You. Thank you, Nick, for your very kind words and your heartfelt response. Again, it's always interesting for people to hear my point of view from the teacher point of view, but I'm glad that they can hear your point of view because you have lived these things firsthand. And again, I have to a degree, too, but from the teacher aspect. So I think this is really going to help people hearing both points of view and hopefully more. And I learn from everybody
Nick Hydier
@NickHydier9813 · 1:08
Again, in any way that I can inspire and help someone or anyone, I will. And I appreciate being along for this journey with you as well. It has been a very enlightening one, and I'm sure it will continue to be. So thank you for having me on the journey, and I look forward to continue to work with you. Sending much love. Bye
