Advice for distant grandparents of an ASD child

Post date: 2021-12-04 11:05:19

My grandson is 4 and has been diagnosed as ASD1. We live 8 hours away. We have sent 5,000.00 this year, and it's all we can afford. What else can we do?

We saw them for a few days in the summer and found him a typically busy, charming, active boy obsessed with dinos and trucks. Our 2 boys were the same.
But the parents tell us he is quite difficult, and his diagnosis is unequivocal. They've spent thousands getting diagnoses and therapy, already.
We are accused of being dismissive and unsympathetic due to our last conversation when I admit I was too excited to be going to see them at Xmas, to listen properly.
We have apologized but I feel it's not going to be enough.
What can we do from a distance and when we are there? We intend to give them a day off, and hopefully an evening out without us. But what about after?

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