Amazing..............

So, I have been trying to get Julia set up for an Augmentative Communication Evaluation for about a month now. Lots of paperwork, phone calls, etc etc etc.....and FINALLY the woman called me back last night to schedule it. She told me the appointments are always on Wednesdays, to which I said, PERFECT, because I am off wednesday mornings (well, off from work, julia has PT OT ST wednesday mornings). So, she said, the first available appointment we have is on Wednesday NOVEMBER 18TH at 9 am and it will need to be a 3 hour appointment. THIS IS OVER THREE MONTHS FROM NOW!!!!!! I could not get it through my head that there is such a long wait, as that means there are soooooooooooooooooooo many kids that need this service - so many kids that have such severe communication issues that they need a communication device (computer, etc) to communicate with the outside world. This led me to think about how there are NO special needs schools in Douglas County. One of the wealthiest counties in Colorado, with a TON of kids, many of which I am sure have delays of some kind or another - espeically with the autism rate at 1 in 150 boys now, and no place for them to go and recieve the intensive interventions that may benefit them! I am just shocked. Maybe this is my calling? To get out of Veterinary Medicine and vaccinations and do something to help all these kids????? But this, of course, requires millions of dollars and I have NO IDEA how those sorts of things get started, and liabilities, etc.....so likely will just remain a dream of mine, but it really should be done! I am sure that there are many, many parents in my same boat (but who are significantly better off financially) that would appreciate something like this HERE - not in Denver or Lakewood or Ft. Collins, etc. Just a thought.