(12-04-2012, 09:44 PM)heather40 Wrote: I responded to your post on facebook, again, all we can do is keep on doing what we are doing until the realization hits about how important this is! We need to keep on educating people, spreading awareness anyway we can, support our own and others as well. I do as much as I can in the position I am in working with all ages of kids everyday! I carry my wing nut pencil toppers with me and hand them out to those I know need to silently fidget when nobody else understands and says they have a "behavior' issue! What you are doing and have done with this site is great! We as a group can make a huge difference and hopefully someday SPD will be listed! This is just a little speed bump not a brick wall, it is not something to make us be discouraged but to encourage us to push harder! Thank you for all you do!!!!!

You are quite welcome.

This is a very good point, and I want to really stress that this is by no means an end. Just because the medical field isn't entirely convinced (or they are convinced but have gone against this just out of political/financial reasons) that doesn't mean they will always reject it.

Virtually no invisible disorder has ever been immediately embraced and accepted throughout the world. It is an ever growing and developing science. It can be painfully slow in its growth, but we have come a very far way indeed. We are in such a better place now than we were 10 years ago, let alone 20 years ago, let alone 30!

We will prevail. We know SPD is real. I know it's real. It has impacted me in so many ways that I have no choice but to believe it. There just needs to be more research, more convincing evidence being gathered. I wish I could support the foundation more financially myself, but I can give my time and my social support, so that's what I'm doing.

Oh, and thanks for all you are doing Heather. It sounds like you are helping many.