Full List - How To Actually Support Your Friend With A Special Needs Child - Mabelandmoxie

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Offer To Watch The Kids So They Can Get Out Alone

1 . Offer To Watch The Kids So They Can Get Out Alone

Ask If There’s Anything You Can Help The Family With

2 . Ask If There’s Anything You Can Help The Family With

Ask How They’re Doing

3 . Ask How They’re Doing

Continue To Include Them For Family Gatherings Or Parties

4 . Continue To Include Them For Family Gatherings Or Parties

Tell Them They’re A Good Parent

5 . Tell Them They’re A Good Parent

Learn About The Diagnosis

6 . Learn About The Diagnosis

Interact With Their Child Just As You Did Before Their Diagnosis

7 . Interact With Their Child Just As You Did Before Their Diagnosis

Refrain From Giving Advice Unless You’re Specifically Asked

8 . Refrain From Giving Advice Unless You’re Specifically Asked

Understand Their Child’s Behavior Can’t Be Resolved With Traditional Parenting Methods

9 . Understand Their Child’s Behavior Can’t Be Resolved With Traditional Parenting Methods

Don’t Compare Their Child To A Typical One

10 . Don’t Compare Their Child To A Typical One

And Not All Kids With Special Needs Are The Same

11 . And Not All Kids With Special Needs Are The Same

Choose Your Language Wisely

12 . Choose Your Language Wisely

Learn How To Use Their Child’s Medical Equipment

13 . Learn How To Use Their Child’s Medical Equipment

Don’t Judge Their Choices

14 . Don’t Judge Their Choices

Be Flexible With Them

15 . Be Flexible With Them

Realize It Can Be A Lonely Place

16 . Realize It Can Be A Lonely Place

Don’t Try To Offer Them Cures

17 . Don’t Try To Offer Them Cures

Include Your Own Children

18 . Include Your Own Children

Help Spread Awareness

19 . Help Spread Awareness

Thank Them For Letting You Into Their World

20 . Thank Them For Letting You Into Their World

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