My now 15-year-old son did not have a correct diagnosis until recently but he would tell me that he found things harder because his hands hurt and he did not have the endurance that other kids had when he was very young. When doctors and other "experts" would not listen to us I wondered if I was wrong and that my child just needed to try harder, so I told him "try harder." I wish I had never said that. I am a homeschool mom and that is what he tells me when I don't get things as fast as he does. I don't think he will ever forget.
The only thing I remember him saying that he didn't want to do was coloring and crafts and he would still say that is boring.
