When diagnosed usually there are other disabilities that are present, my daughter 2 types of Dsylexia and ADD and my son ADHD along with Tuerettes syndrom( ticks). Both over came tremendous bullying and most of the teachers were amazing with them. My son would make beeping sounds like a big truck backing up, so I taught him to change it to a whistle, and then a scratch on the head and finally nothing, but he doesn't like to talk about it because it is involuntary and he is afraid it can trigger him to do it. That process of overcoming took it took 4 years, 5k -4th grade. My daughter had a stutter and verbal annunciation problems that took until 5th grade to overcome, but even our family doctor that suffers from a stutter couldn't believe she shows no signs, while he still struggles. I just always told her when she began to get stuck in her head on a word, stop breathe and restart, it became second nature. There are so many coping skills to learn and implement, that everything is surmountable.
They understood abstract and complex issues at a young age, both amazing artists and writers. My son was physically taking apart small engines at 7 and is now seventeen and a leader amongst his peers. My daughter is in college she wanted to be a theorical physist, but she is not good enough with math, so she hobbies the science theories of the Universe and tracks it with friends and us. She is in her senior year for her Bachelor's degree in teaching English and History.
Everyday of every hour awake was occupational therapy, but instead of the why me as a parent, we dove into whatever we could learn and do to help them get along on this planet. It is no different than the way the rest of face the world each day, just a different perspective and approach.
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