by Scott Newport | Aug 17, 2016 | Advocacy, Special Needs Parenting
When Parenting a Child with Special Needs Stinks Long time guest blogger Scott Newport joins us today with straight talk about what he learned to do when parenting a child with special needs stinks. Here’s the tale of his latest stinky adventure at C. S....
by Jolene | Jul 25, 2016 | Advocacy, Special Needs Parenting
Lost in Translation A little more than a year ago, a friend took a few of my books to a special needs family camp in Pelchi, Latvia. Partway through the week, she sent a text. “They love what you write about. Can you come next year to work with the moms?”...
by Kimberly Drew | Feb 24, 2016 | Advocacy, Special Needs Parenting
Adopting a Child with Special Needs Guest blogger Kimberly Drew and her husband are adopting a child with special needs. This baby girl will be their second child who lives with disabilities. Today Kimberly shares what she’s learned about what kids with special...
by Kamaile Hiatt | Jan 27, 2016 | Advocacy, Special Needs Parenting
An EA TEF Parent Is Born When an EA TEF baby is born, so is an EA TEF parent. Different Dream is ending EA TEF Awareness Month with a post from Kamaile Hiatt. She’s the mother of Kanani, born in 2001. Kanani’s EA TEF was diagnosed and repaired on the day...
by Brianna Lennon | Jan 20, 2016 | Advocacy, Special Needs Parenting
So You’re a NICU Parent EA/TEF Awareness Month is moving full steam ahead at Different Dream throughout January. This week’s post comes from guest blogger and EA/TEF and NICU parent Brianna Lennon. Ryan, her baby boy, turned 1 in December of 2015, so her...
by Jolene | Oct 21, 2015 | Advocacy, School/Education, Special Needs Parenting
10 Positive Ways to Advocate at School Advocacy at school. For many in the special needs community, that phrase conjures images of parents breathing fire while toting armloads of files and folders into an IEP meeting or annual review. Not a pretty picture. And, if the...
