Zach received his 1st invitation to a birthday party from a typical classmate this year. He will go, I will be there for support, and it will be great! This is an example of what those with typical kids can do to make the day of a special needs parent and their child. :) Another lucky duck moment brought to you by the Morphets.
All year I have wondered why he hasn't received one single invitation: Did they know he had special needs and didn't invite him because of it? Were the teachers not putting the invitations in his backpack? Either of these scenarios stings a bit, but I sort of understand why parents might make this choice,too - they are scared because they have no experience with special needs. I know before Zach I would have been scared too. But one walk into Zach's school to drop him off says it all - things I wish people could observe about their kids - these kids go out of their way to greet him. "Hi, Zach" echoes down the hallway as I walk him to class. The occasional free spirit will break away from their lunch line to ask Zach for a high five, a skill we had to work on, which is now automatic for him.
Our kids are better at this stuff than we are. And I think we have inclusion to blame for that.
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