Sometimes I wonder if Josiah will ever have any friends. Children with severe challenges rarely do. Josiah is non-verbal, he doesn’t talk to the kids in his class, I’m not really sure they talk to him.
When he was a baby, we were in a playgroup for families of children with disabilities, mostly for the adult interaction. The little ones were too young to form any type of friendship.
To this day, our older girls remain friends with some of their former playgroup buddies from nearly 20 years ago. It won’t ever be that way for Josiah. I think his only lasting friendships may be with his siblings. I’m not all too sure that will ever happen. Read more
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