Hello Everyone,
Myself Karthik and my wife Saranya from Chennai, welcome you all to this website. We are parents of two childrens (a boy and a girl) .. our elder son is diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder since he was 3 years old. (From 2017) … He has brought lot of changes in our lifestyle, parenting, food habits, travel plans , knowledge etc.. We have transitioned from fear/shock to acceptance and now confidence & Hope … There are plenty of experiences which we had/have like fellow parents of such children.
I am always of the opinion that the suffering/worries which I/we face will always be smaller than what others are facing, its not the right thing to share the same and get the pity/empathy/praise from people around us …We have no idea what others have been through !
However the reason why I wanted to share the experiences of our journey, is for the awareness to parents, who hear the news first time that their son/daughter is diagnosed with ASD/ADD etc .. We are seeing a plenty of parents in the state of shock/lack of awareness/misguidance/ etc .. ..
I want to share experiences in order to bring confidence, acceptance and hope to those new parents … and what is within our hands that can be offered…
Regards,
Karthik and Saranya