Okay as promised my special needs child has his own page. Now his story is a sad one and has led to a lot of the problems he now suffers. I will name him here and you will note that he is the only child that I have named, simply because its easier to call him by his real name then calling him problem child or special needs child all the time.

So here is Zacharie story.

Zach is the second youngest of my children and the one that takes up most of my time. He has Aspergers, ADHD, OD ( oppositional Disorder) and PTSS ( post traumatic stress syndrome) as well as a few other quirks. Now ADHD and Aspergers go hand in hand and share the same band in the scale of things, most kids are one or the other, a few are both. Zach is an very active and very bright 12 year old. He has been tested, when they can get him to do the tests that is as actually being able to work years above his age group in maths and english. When he started to go to school he was one of the kids when asked to make a square would make a cube and be able to explain what makes it a cube. His paintings take hours so rarely does he paint as he likes to paint birds their actually colours and has been known as a young age to spend an hour just mixing a  colour to get just the right shade.

What makes Zach the way he is? Well you would have to go back to his early childhood or earlier for that reason. When I was pregnant with Zach I was constantly in fear of my life from his father. Now without going into great detail as it just brings back nightmare when I do, I met Zach’s Dad online back when IRC was all the rage and Internet was new here. All I will say is I was very Naive back then as most people were and when they say predators love the net, well he was one and I feel for it hook, line and sinker. If you want to know why you should never trust anyone ask me. It took me a LONG time to trust again fully, I still don’t trust new people I meet untill they prove to me I can trust them.

When Zach was 6 months old he was abducted by his father and we feared for his life, he still hates going with his dad to this day.He was taken at a very critical age in his young life. I wont say more about it but feel free to email should you really want to know more. I was told when he was 12 months old that later on in life this would affect him and that proved to be very true.

For those who never meet an Aspergers child or think ADHD is due to bad parenting let me fill you in on what it is like to live with a child like this.

From the age of 2 years of age Zach was very strong as these types of kids tend to be. He dislocated my jaw around 2 years of age and I will never forget that day. He was out of control so I sat down behind him and put my arms around him to restrain him while gently talking to him to calm him down. He threw his head back which dislocated my jaw damn that hurt. Up till recently I always had a bruise or two from dealing with Zach.

Recently Zach start karate and is actually now a much calmer and happier kid. Though he still has a long way to go.