I Get It! I Get It!

I met a lady at the gym who has a son, recently diagnosed with APD. A few weeks ago, I met another lady who believes she has APD, although she was never diagnosed. Because there is so much information to share, regarding APD, I never know where to start. If I only have a few minutes to share the best “nuggets” of information, what do I share? Dr. Champagne’s information? APD Facebook pages? Phonetic links? There is so much information; I could never share it all in one meeting, much less a few hours of talking.

I look back at our journey over the past year and a half and feel blessed.  Jared is very fortunate to go to a school where he can have therapy. He’ll be continuing his cognitive therapy this summer with Dr. Champagne. He was diagnosed early, and we’re seeing him succeed in many ways. Although, I’m buried with my jobs, I continue to research and find more gems that may help my precious son.

Recently, I found this book:

This book was written to help kids who have been diagnosed with APD. It’s about a boy, John, who is confused. He is intelligent, but he hasn’t quite tapped into his potential, due to his processing disorder. Once he changes certain things in his life, in essence figuring out how to adapt with his APD, he succeeds. The author, Yvonne Capitelli, writes children’s books to help kids with self-esteem. And, as I’ve written plenty of times, kids with APD tend to have severe self-esteem issues.

When I think about this book, I can’t help but smile… knowing how far APD research has come in just a year and a half, since we started this APD journey!

Know therefore that the LORD your God is God; he is the faithful God, keeping his covenant of love to a thousand generations of those who love him and keep his commandments. Deuteronomy 7:9 (NIV)