Marriage & Parenting Through Medical & Neurodiverse Challenges (EFMP)

The military lifestyle's stress is hard enough on marriage, but
what happens when you add a medical diagnosis? A child in need of
extra care?  In this episode, we explore Aaron and Monica
Harding's story of finding help for their son, themselves, and
their marriage.  


The Harding's son Jackson (17) was diagnosed with SynGAP in 2015,
at age 10. Today, with children aged 24, 21 and 17, his wife,
Monica, is now just learning how to take time away. And,
according to Aaron, “that’s only because we started family
therapy ~2 years ago.”


Children living with SynGAP live with symptoms that include:
autism / intellectual disabilities / sleep issues / behavior
issues / seizures (sometimes a hundred a day) / delayed fine
motor and language skills.


Today, there is no cure, only medications that treat individual
symptoms. Each case is different and brings its own unique
challenges. For families like the Sandersons and the Hardings,
those challenges are even more acute as they navigate the
complexities of military life.


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