Holly Robinson Peete, an actress, philanthropist, advocate, and mom, is speaking in North Texas about mental health.
She explained that she has experience with difficult situations as Parkinson’s Disease took its toll on her father, but when she became a mother, it was one of her twins, RJ, who was the one who needed care.
“The developmental pediatrician gave us so many nevers and things he would never do,” Robinson Peete said. “I don’t think he knew he was stealing out hope, but he was. Our hope was being stolen that day and we were devasted to get this diagnosis about a disorder that we really don’t know about. Then you’re telling us, he will never do all of these things? Not even have gainful employment.
RJ was diagnosed with autism at three. Robinson Peete said her husband, former Dallas Cowboys quarterback Rodney Peete was in denial for quite a while. “My husband was in full denial. If he was sitting right here, he would tell you the same thing. He had different expectations for his son. This is a football player; you know he’s macho. He thought his son would win the Heisman Trophy. Rodney definitely struggled with it. I’m so glad he came around and became such a great advocate for RJ, but there was a long time there where he couldn’t accept this autism diagnosis. That is common though.
RJ is now in his 20’s and Robinson Peete said he is doing so many of those “nevers” the doctor thought he couldn’t achieve.
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