This is a re-post from my old bog.
Kiko* is 4 years old. He
is an active boy, a VERY active
one. He was brought to us last year for tutorial. It seems like he couldn’t
cope with the lessons like other boys his age. But we felt that the problem
was MORE than that.
Kiko can’t keep still.
He has no eye contact. He doesn’t talk. He may repeat what another person says
but he can’t identify an object when he is shown one. I wanted to ask his mom
if they considered having him checked, luckily, his school teacher, who happens
to be a friend of mine, beat me to it.
The teacher explained to
mom all the things that I have just said. She also tried to make mom understand
that she wants what is best for Kiko and that we are all doing our best.
With this, mom, with a
lovely smile on her face, simply said.. “But
he’s ok, right?” obviously missing the point the teacher was
trying to say.
Now, Kiko is 4, talks
very little, runs much and still has no eye contact. Much as we wanted to help
him, we’re not the right people and the right institution to do it…
*not real name
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