So, A few years ago my 6 year old daughter, Candra, was diagnosed as having a global development delay. Most of you won't know what that is and niether do alot of the speech and language councilors that we have met. My daughter was quick to learn things when she was a baby up until she started getting early childhood seizures.
Now, I didn't know those unconsolible tantrums ( with head banging and biting anything that came near her) were siezures. After all, there's no history of epilepsy anywhere in our family.
That discovery was made when i mentioned it to one of the many specialists that worked with Candra. Fortunatly, she hasn't had any seizures in years. But that makes it difficult to prove for to doctors and other specialist that inquire as to why she is slow in her speech and other areas of development. These seizures, i have been told, Are what caused delays in her development. Candra is not mentally or physically challenged. And what i want to get out is that she speaks fine now. She can say a full sentence. She may not always makes sense when she tells a story, but what young kid does? I have had doubts about her involvement and concerns about the pressure she has to endure to be ever so by the book on her development. Whatever happend to "every kid learns at their own pace"? And, if she doesn't get seizures any more and is catching up quickly then whats the big issue with her?
Candra's development still lacks?
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