They are 11 and 15. My 11 year old is the one that suffers from dwarfism. He's in sixth grade but people mistaken him for being a smart 1st grader. His behaviors and actions are those of a first grader as well to a certain extent. He doesn't verbalize much about his height and he's had people call him short before. He was upset with her because of that but mostly because she grabbed him by his leg twice and flipped him. I didn't understand why his therapist wouldn't be addressing ways to cope with his short stature issue and events such as these and how to handle it. I'm by no mean blaming her or accusing her of anything. However when she texts me that the boys are great and no needs really need to be addressed then there's an issue. Just two
Weeks ago she was asking me what I thought about reducing their session to once every two weeks since they're doing okay. I again sat and stared at her and the words didn't come out. What I really wanted to say was "are you blind?". My 15 year old was totally against it and spoke to me about it. I just wasn't sure as something that so blatant to me and obvious to others she can't see. Then we hit this issue and we are all stumped as to how he's handling it and what his coping skills will be. It's not uncommon in this world obviously but being that he has a therapist I would've thought that perhaps she might be using time wisely and addressing it. He was so upset that he just went to sleep after the fact at a restaurant.