The tests have been done. The evaluation complete. Diagnosis announced. Prognosis assumed.

Your child has _________…fill in the blank.

All of a sudden, you are forced to flip your life upside down to better understand it. Somebody took your rose-colored glasses and exchanged them for a pair of lenses that expose you to blinding light.

The life you thought your child would have suddenly begins to melt away like a sand castle battered by waves and it hurts. There's an expert telling you what will or will not be true for your child. It may feel as though someone has flipped to the last chapter of your child's story and rewrote the ending.

How do you cope with this?