Monday, February 7, 2011

For Child with Autism, Doctor's Office Can Be a Terrifying Place

The teacher got a frantic telephone call after school one day. All she could hear was screaming.
Then she heard "Hope's" voice.
"Can you hear him? It is Marshall. He won't stop yelling?"
The teacher asked, "Where are you?" Hope answered, "We're at the medical plaza. I am in the waiting area and I don't know what to do?"
"Why are you there? Marshall seemed fine today," the teacher said.
"He needed a check-up," the distraught mother explained.
"Try to reschedule his appointment and I will go there with you tomorrow," the teacher advised.
The teacher wondered why Marshall was screaming. When she went to the medical plaza the next day, she saw the waiting room.

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