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As I am sure you are aware as a special needs father, we have our ups and downs. The hardest thing is advocating for my child to get everything he needs in school. I even decided to go work for the school that he goes to. I am a radio call away.

That shows how much you care, which at times, is something not all parents do.
You just made a friend for life, telling that.

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Hello, my name is Scott, and physically, I am 40 years old. However, thanks to abuse, and being special needs, mentally and emotionally, I am equal to about 6-10 years old.

I can tell you my experience this far.

For background, I wet the bed, but don't have any daytime issues. I started wetting again about 4 years ago, and my son is 3. I basically never hid it, or brought it up. For the last 1.5 years my wife has worked full time, and as a grad student, I'm the primary caregiver. There have been days when my wife is gone early, and I don't have a chance to change before my son gets up. As you can't leave a toddler unattended, he's seen me change a number of times.

He potty trained with no problem. He recognizes that daddy wears diapers, and his preschool must have been talking about diapers being for babies, because he occasionally tells me, "no diapers, no pullups", but mostly he doesn't comment at all.

It hasn't really been an issue. As he gets older, I'm sure we'll have a conversation about which things are private. We have another one on the way, so I'll probably year that the same.

I was permanently disabled so I don't work but still find I spend at least 40 hours a week advocating for them at school. I feel like a pain in the arse, but my kids have to come first.

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When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive - to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love.

Marcus Aurelius

You're a parent- that's what you do. I still play advocate for my kids, and they are in high school and college.

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- Tom