Parenting: 'My son is different': What it's like raising a child with developmental disabilities

Sometimes I think of Forrest Gump.

Parenting: 'My son is different': What it's like raising a child with developmental disabilities

Sometimes I think of Forrest Gump. As he sits on the park bench and says what is probably the most famous sentence in the film: "My mom always said, life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're going to get." I think it's the same with having children. Although most parents today know whether it will be a girl or a boy, whether the baby is big or small, whether it is healthy or not, nobody can actually say what surprise this little creature really has in store.

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