Comments on: *really seeing* those with special needs https://tooverflowing.com/really-seeing-those-with-special-needs/ teaching women to think on true things Fri, 20 Apr 2012 05:30:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 By: Susan Elizabeth Spann https://tooverflowing.com/really-seeing-those-with-special-needs/#comment-1699 Fri, 20 Apr 2012 05:30:00 +0000 http://tooverflowing.com/?p=4079#comment-1699 In reply to Creativespirit74.

I relate extremely well with this. I myself have both ADHD and was recently confirmed on the spectrum. It hurts and breaks my heart to feel so excluded by people, mostly because they just don’t get it. They don’t get it because they don’t ask.

]]> By: Jdjbj https://tooverflowing.com/really-seeing-those-with-special-needs/#comment-1698 Thu, 19 Apr 2012 04:09:00 +0000 http://tooverflowing.com/?p=4079#comment-1698 This is so true! From a mom…..

]]> By: Jacqueline https://tooverflowing.com/really-seeing-those-with-special-needs/#comment-1697 Thu, 19 Apr 2012 02:20:00 +0000 http://tooverflowing.com/?p=4079#comment-1697 Lara, my sister shared this post with me and I appreciate your viewpoint and your efforts to step outside “your” world and see the value in someone different. I work with an organization called PURE Ministries that has a goal of awakening Christians in America to reach out to individuals with disabilities – just like what you did at Target! Thanks for taking a small step to reach out!

]]> By: Creativespirit74 https://tooverflowing.com/really-seeing-those-with-special-needs/#comment-1696 Wed, 18 Apr 2012 21:41:00 +0000 http://tooverflowing.com/?p=4079#comment-1696 I want to thank you for this post for two reasons. One, I have a son with Autism and ADHD and although he is what the world collectively calls “high functioning”, it is always apparent to others that he is “a bit off” or that “something is wrong with him”. He is often ignored by his peers. It is heart breaking to watch…even though he appears not to notice. But the second reason is because I struggle every day with his disabilities and my feelings of inadequicy in dealing with and nuturing him. And what you said about
“And if He allows a child to be born with challenges, He does so with infinite reason” really hit home. A good friend of mine once told me, when I was struggling with this issue, that “God made him just they way he was meant to be, so just love him.” I just really needed to hear that, as I did from you today. So thank you.

]]> By: DeLynn Novak https://tooverflowing.com/really-seeing-those-with-special-needs/#comment-1695 Wed, 18 Apr 2012 21:31:00 +0000 http://tooverflowing.com/?p=4079#comment-1695 Lara, I read your posts and never comment…I don’t know why, I just don’t 😉 I am a mother to an amazing 9 year-old little boy who happens to have “special needs”. I agree with your post, and if he was able to construct sentences, am sure he would agree as well. Thank you for your post 🙂

]]> By: Em https://tooverflowing.com/really-seeing-those-with-special-needs/#comment-1694 Wed, 18 Apr 2012 20:59:00 +0000 http://tooverflowing.com/?p=4079#comment-1694 Great post, friend 🙂

]]> By: MangoTreeMama https://tooverflowing.com/really-seeing-those-with-special-needs/#comment-1693 Wed, 18 Apr 2012 18:13:00 +0000 http://tooverflowing.com/?p=4079#comment-1693 Love this! so often I’ve struggled in finding the line between being lovingly helpful and pitying… I see pity as insulting and enervating, so I definitely want to avoid that! I’ve often ended up “not seeing”, sometimes because I don’t know what else to do (that awkward, embarrassed thing), and sometimes because (as someone suspected to be on the autistic spectrum) that’s what I’d want others to do for me.
It has helped me a lot to be a busy mama with, sometimes, too much to do… When I’ve got a tot on each arm and a cart full of items and a cranky or bored or busy preschooler along shopping and something falls, I get to experience that feeling of being unable to pick up what I need to… and I get to experience others’ ways of helping and see what feels good, so I can do it for another who, for whatever reason, is unable to pick up what they need to (or whatever the need is) :0)
(isn’t there a line somewhere about comforting with the comfort that you were comforted with?? (0; )

]]> By: Lara Gibson Williams https://tooverflowing.com/really-seeing-those-with-special-needs/#comment-1692 Wed, 18 Apr 2012 17:56:00 +0000 http://tooverflowing.com/?p=4079#comment-1692 In reply to Meredith.

Thanks Meredith. It helps me too when I can see with my eyes how others interact. I bet that teacher has some amazingly sweet stories to tell.

]]> By: Lara Gibson Williams https://tooverflowing.com/really-seeing-those-with-special-needs/#comment-1691 Wed, 18 Apr 2012 17:54:00 +0000 http://tooverflowing.com/?p=4079#comment-1691 In reply to Aurie Good.

Well I’m glad you did comment. 🙂 It’s so easy to notice the differences, when in actuality we’re all the same. We all crave the same thing…love. Blessings to you, friend.

]]> By: Lara Gibson Williams https://tooverflowing.com/really-seeing-those-with-special-needs/#comment-1690 Wed, 18 Apr 2012 17:52:00 +0000 http://tooverflowing.com/?p=4079#comment-1690 In reply to Alle McCloskey.

I totally know what you mean about not appearing to be pitying. I guess it just comes down to what you said, tuning our heart to God’s promptings. Filling our souls with true, love things so that true, love things come out. (Miss chatting with you, Alle!)

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