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<blockquote data-quote="nerfherder" data-source="post: 581399" data-attributes="member: 15907"><p>Our Kiddo and her big sister had that perfect suburban life for many years. She had all kinds of therapy, we went everywhere we could with supplements and techniques and in-home interventions by the bucketload.</p><p></p><p>She's still autistic, and yeah maybe she wouldn't have been as high (?) functioning as she is, but sometimes I wonder if having her be as functional as she is now exceeds her ability to process, and that was my mistake? </p><p></p><p>Any of you read "Animal Farm?" The character, Boxer the Mule I think it was, reacted to every setback by saying "I will work harder." He felt anything could be fixed if you just work harder - but eventually you end up broken and on the knacker's truck. I was like that for many years, and it was a huge mistake in hindsight.</p><p></p><p>We do what we can, and sometimes a little more, but if we damage ourselves in pursuit of the best possible outcome, is that right?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="nerfherder, post: 581399, member: 15907"] Our Kiddo and her big sister had that perfect suburban life for many years. She had all kinds of therapy, we went everywhere we could with supplements and techniques and in-home interventions by the bucketload. She's still autistic, and yeah maybe she wouldn't have been as high (?) functioning as she is, but sometimes I wonder if having her be as functional as she is now exceeds her ability to process, and that was my mistake? Any of you read "Animal Farm?" The character, Boxer the Mule I think it was, reacted to every setback by saying "I will work harder." He felt anything could be fixed if you just work harder - but eventually you end up broken and on the knacker's truck. I was like that for many years, and it was a huge mistake in hindsight. We do what we can, and sometimes a little more, but if we damage ourselves in pursuit of the best possible outcome, is that right? [/QUOTE]
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