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Renee' Williams - 10/25/00 22:43:21 My Email:RWSchool5@Gateway.net | Comments: I adopted a son with RAD. He is now 8. I totally understand and feel for these families whose lives are touched by children with this terrible disorder.I wish there was some way I could help others who go through this. It is very supportive to me to be able to read other peoples stories and know that I am not alone. It gives me the energy to be able to keep on going on and to trust that this is not my fault. |
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Renee' Williams - 10/25/00 22:43:01 My Email:RWSchool5@Gateway.net | Comments: I adopted a son with RAD. He is now 8. I totally understand and feel for these families whose lives are touched by children with this terrible disorder.I wish there was some way I could help others who go through this. It is very supportive to me to be ab e to read other peoples stories and know that I am not alone. It gives me the energy to be able to keep on going on and to trust that this is not my fault. |
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Linda Holloway - 10/24/00 08:38:18 My Email:LHollowayrn@cs.com | Comments: We adopted our daughter 9 years ago, at the age of 3 1/2 through the foster care system. By the age of 5 she was diagnosed with RAD & ADD. It has been a long,hard life since then. My current issue to deal with is my extended family still does not understa d such a diagnosis or personality of this child, and accuses us of "not loving her and that if we don't love her and are so structured with her, that we have the potential to eventually abuse her" and that we "don't deserve to keep her in our home". They elieve that with only a saturation of 'love' the child will be 'fixed' and that it is 'our fault' that she is 'so messed up'. We are drained and discouraged, we are confused and brokenhearted, and feel as if we can't continue living with her at times. We eel that concentrating on her needs has taken so much away from our relationships and the needs of our other children, and strained relationships with 'sympathetic' extended family and neighbors who don't have a clue what we live with daily. I hope to vie your website at this time to find hope or new insights into this consuming situation we are living in, and to come to a conclusion as to whether we can continue with this relationship, as best we can, and try to raise our daughter to be the best she can e in this society. We are very oppressed right now. |
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Keith Labarbera - 10/11/00 00:50:42 My Email:KLSJBL@aol.com | Comments: |
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Tammy - 10/10/00 20:43:53 My Email:TammyJJones@excite.com Was this page helpful?: yes | Comments: My sister was diagnosed with reactive attatchment disorder. She was adopted from Korea when she was 3 years old. She is now 16. Is there still hope and help for her? My parents are having a very hard time finding help. Can you suggest anything? Thankyo - Tammy |
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jack thomas - 09/24/00 16:10:06 My Email:jaxfax@colescomputers.net | Comments: I have two adopted teens from separate birth families. Looking for ways to help them bond, understand where the're coming from, and get thru life. Girls 16 & 17. Also looking for any information on "safe soundries" as one keeps getting hooked up with los rs. Welsome any suggestions and/or information. jack |
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LORETTA - 09/09/00 00:03:25 My Email:LARROW@QUEST.NET | Comments: |
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Cheryl Norman - 08/20/00 15:45:59 My Email:rnemt20@yahoo.com Would you support a foundation to assist RAD children?: Yes. | Comments: |
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jean - 07/10/00 02:26:20 My Email:www.carters14@msn.com Was this page helpful?: Absolutely! Would you support a foundation to assist RAD children?: yes | Comments: This has been very helpful! I have a son age 12 with RAD and have had a lot of difficulty trying to find him the right treatment. There aren't treatment centers here in Iowa for RAD, and we have had much difficulty with funding for the out of state progra s. Any help you can offer is appreciated. |
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Freda Mann - 05/29/00 12:56:40 My Email:Fredajean@AOL.com Was this page helpful?: yes Would you support a foundation to assist RAD children?: yes | Comments: Didn't know this monster had a name til last night. Living 3 yrs. w/now 15 yr. old daughter misdiagnosed with ODD. Knew I wasn't crazy. Thank you for caring about the rest of us. God Bless. Sincerely, Wanda's Mommy |
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cindy kolb - 04/04/00 16:42:36 My Email:ckolb@hotmail.com Was this page helpful?: yes Would you support a foundation to assist RAD children?: yes | Comments: Hi, We have had my grand daughter for 6 mths now...she was 22 mths when she came to live with us , reciently diagnosed with pts and rad discoative type, she acts out her abuse every night , is terrified to sleep and for the first 3 mths we did not have a nigh s sleep because of the night terrors and smearing poop from head to toe, she would not look in the mirror nor igknowledge her self, she injured herself many times daily and assulted us with no warning. we are certain without a dought that she was sexually abused as well as physically beaten.... Since a child is not born with these disorders is there a law that protects her,, ..like civil rights violited? Cps is involved as well as the courts and mental health theripests...all is documanted and with all this dad has stepped foward and wants her back and get this he has a free lawyer and can if he could follow through get visitation and coustdy....who pro ects these children!!!! As of yesterday she now has a lawyer..who will be forced to to only all within the law and can not guarntee us that there will never be visitations (although we all involved are sure and praying that dad can't follow through) but that should not be the case, dad and mom should loose all rights for the infliction of these disorders clear cut and dry!!!!Although cps took coustdy on an abdoment issue an not abuse, because the abuse was not adressed until we saw these behaviors, I don't believe that at this point that there are any abuse charges.. The wheels of justice grind slowley and not always in favor of the best interst of the child..after all once a POW is rescued from his captures no one meets and decides if he'll be forced to visit them or placed back with them................What then kin of a system do we here in America have for our next generation? oh well vented and asked so much needed questions, cindy |
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Lisa - 02/09/00 19:33:01 My Email:squirt300@yahoo.com Was this page helpful?: definatly Would you support a foundation to assist RAD children?: very | Comments: Thanks for your support. It means alot to me. I hope we can find more help in Indiana in the near future. |
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J Storm - 01/19/00 04:42:36 My Email:jstorm6@yahoo.com Was this page helpful?: Yes Would you support a foundation to assist RAD children?: Yes | Comments: I have a child who I once believed had attachment disorder. I have done a lot of research but am still interested in more info. I am glad to see all the support for parents with children who have attachment disorder. There was once a time when there wasn' much information available. |
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Tom and Debbie Clemans - 12/30/99 04:13:40 My Email:tomclemans@hotmail.com Would you support a foundation to assist RAD children?: yes | Comments: We are just learning what is wrong with our 14 year old foster son who has bounced out of over 20 homes - mostly because of tantrums. He is in a temporary group home because we were losing the battle, but we are still seeing him weekly and are not plannin to give up on him. Thanks for your site. I will refer to it often as we learn how to care for our son. |
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madeline - 08/08/99 23:19:32 Was this page helpful?: yes Would you support a foundation to assist RAD children?: very | Comments: keep up th beautiful job. I had not known this disorder "ADHD" was so PROFOUND!! |
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Elise Smith - 06/17/99 15:23:36 My Email:esmith@mail.ctg.net Would you support a foundation to assist RAD children?: Yes | Comments: Although I have not had the time to fully investigate your site, it seems to be comprehensive. I will return to check it out more as time allows. We have a daughter that is RAD, I'm her 3rd mother and I believe her mother must have left her with different people for days at a time during the first 15 months of her life. She came to us at 2 1/2 yr. old, there have been problems all along. Mostly directed at me, for the longest time my husband blamed me and still does. This is not a good situation, I am just trying to hang in there until she turns 18, I will have hung in there at that time for 15 1/2 years. Then she will need to make other livin arrangements. This information has within the last few years been coming more available, hasn't made the job easier. Thanks for all the info. Elise B. Smith :-) |
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Lori Oden - 06/08/99 04:37:09 My Email:lorio58@yahoo.com Was this page helpful?: Probably Would you support a foundation to assist RAD children?: Yes | Comments: Hello, I am the mother of a child with AD. I have lots of information on links/resources etc. Am creating a web page also. Will send you the address when finished. Smiles to ya! |
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J & K Williams - 05/18/99 17:20:11 | Comments: Thank you for having a site on the internet. Our son was diagnosed almost two years ago and it is very helpful and supportive to realize you aren't alone |
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Carrie Meyers - 04/26/99 17:13:18 My Email:carmeyers7@aol.com Was this page helpful?: yes Would you support a foundation to assist RAD children?: yes | Comments: I am having difficulties finding a treatment center in Oklahoma that deals with this disorder.Any information would be appreciated. Thank you. |
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Jean Stewart - 04/22/99 11:54:01 My Email:jfs40@hotmail.com Was this page helpful?: yes Would you support a foundation to assist RAD children?: yes | Comments: I am a foster parent of a RAD child who was place because of a disrupted adoption. I do not have much information on this subject, so I was very pleased to find this web site. |
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Leni - 02/28/99 03:37:32 My Email:LRHACK@aol.com Was this page helpful?: Yes Would you support a foundation to assist RAD children?: Yes | Comments: Hi Paul and Jamie - this is wonderful ... Love .. Leni |
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Donna - 02/24/99 13:53:24 My Email:Infancy@aol.com Was this page helpful?: Yes | Comments: |
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Kristin Arnone - 02/20/99 05:08:57 My Email:kkarnone@aol.com Was this page helpful?: Yes Would you support a foundation to assist RAD children?: very!! | Comments: Just wanted you to know that I visited your site. I think that this is a wonderful way to "educate" others!! Talk to you soon. |
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Susan Peterson - 01/28/99 19:11:12 My Email:lspeterson@itol.com Was this page helpful?: absolutely Would you support a foundation to assist RAD children?: yes | Comments: As a mother of three attachment disorder children, I have many experiences to share and would love to help anyone else going through what we have endured. We also need to educate the public about this problem, because we adoptive parents are too often co sidered the problem, especially at our schools. They just don't understand!!!!!! |
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Kelly Hallewell - 01/25/99 07:21:13 My Email:shadforth@nucleus.com Would you support a foundation to assist RAD children?: yes | Comments: I am a Family Support Worker in Calgary, Canada. I, as well as the specific family I am working with, are having a very frustrating time trying to find resources on Attachment Disorder as well as deperately needed help for their son. Your site is an inspiration. Keep up the wonderful job! Kelly |
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Keatha McLeod - 01/07/99 18:33:32 My Email:kmcleod@rrnet.com Would you support a foundation to assist RAD children?: yes | Comments: |
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Marleen Kasbee - 11/11/98 22:21:56 My Email:marleenk@icubed.com Was this page helpful?: yes Would you support a foundation to assist RAD children?: yes | Comments: I have organized (still more to do) a support group in Pennsylvania. I found your site by reviewing the archives portion of ADSG bulletin boards. Are you linked to any other site? I've been viewing numberous in the past two weeks (new on internet). |
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Donna Sill - 11/06/98 07:17:42 My URL:http://groups.icq.com/group.asp?=10178 My Email:dlg2em_sill@hotmail.com | Comments: I'm the parent of an adopted Romanian Daughter, with RAD as well as; SI, APD(auditory Processing Disorder), cognitive delays, expressive-receptive language delays and possibly other LD, as yet undiagnosed! I've learned all I could the first time I was t ld this child has Reactive Attachment Disorder. At first, my comment was "how long" and realized very quickly that this is something that is dealt with over a lifetime. It has been a very isolating experience, and has made me feel like a "BAD" parent at times.....I know it's not my fault nor my problem....but it doesn't change my desire or wish that it could be different for us and especially for my daughter. I'm really glad that there is more and more infor out there about this Disorder, because these children can appear to 'not have a problem' in the eyes of the unknowing. It's a good thing that you are here for those who don't know and are out there wonde ing what do I do next. We've been dealing with this for 7 1/2 years and we've definitely seen the ups and downs. It's a very cyclical pattern and is very exhausting, both physically and emotionally. Thank you!! |
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JAVLANSPA@aol.com - 10/11/98 02:01:21 My Email:JAVLANSPA@aol.com Was this page helpful?: yes | Comments: |
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Internet Jeff - 10/05/98 03:39:36 My URL:http://users.abcs.com/jwream My Email:jwream@abcs.com | Comments: Looks like your time off was well spent! Great job on the web site. A very well thought out and helpful place to visit. I will include a link on my own page to yours. |
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Trudy - 10/04/98 23:20:06 My Email:thouse@tcgcs.com Would you support a foundation to assist RAD children?: yes | Comments: |
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Penny Ervin - 10/04/98 18:00:26 My Email:fletcher@planetc.com Was this page helpful?: yes Would you support a foundation to assist RAD children?: yes | Comments: I think you are doing a fine job here. Best wishes and keep it up. |
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terri#2 - 10/04/98 17:31:12 Was this page helpful?: yes Would you support a foundation to assist RAD children?: yes | Comments: The more info available to everyone on RAD, the better! Thanks! |
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Paul - 10/04/98 17:06:50 My Email:bwilliams@iquest.net Was this page helpful?: Yes Would you support a foundation to assist RAD children?: Yes | Comments: Test on new guest book |
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Carol Toca - 09/19/98 15:34:31 | Comments: Hi Paul and Jami, Chuck and I went through the web site together and read everything. It was great! You have made us famous by including us in the web site. Thanks for your Thanks. You both are great support to us!It is great that so many people have read it so far. |
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Carol Toca - 09/18/98 17:39:20 Would you support a foundation to assist RAD children?: Paul and Jami I really liked it! | Comments: |
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Paul & JAmi - 09/17/98 16:49:34 My Email:bwilliams@iquest.net | Comments: Please leave your comments so that we can improve this page for all of us |