by Ellen Stumbo | Oct 16, 2012 | Advocacy, Special Needs Parenting
Communication with My Daughter Who Has Down Syndrome Communication with children who have special needs often requires creativity and flexibility. Today, guest blogger Ellen Stumbo describes the struggles and hopes she has with her daughter Nichole who lives with Down...
by Jolene | Oct 5, 2012 | Advocacy, Special Needs Parenting
Medical bills are a huge source of concern for parents of kids hospitalized because of their special needs. Sometimes, families sacrifice in very creative ways to pay for their kids’ treatment. A while back, my son-in-law Facebooked a link to an article about a...
by Rachel Cordeiro | Sep 6, 2012 | Advocacy, Special Needs Parenting
Visual Impairment? What Cami Sees Visual impairment is one of the special needs diagnoses Cami, daughter of guest bloggers Rudy and Rachel Corderio, lives with. Today, Rachel is back with a guest post about what her daughter sees beyond her visual impairment. Beyond...
by Jolene | Aug 30, 2012 | Advocacy, Special Needs Parenting
Advocate. Not the word that springs to mind when most young dads and moms describe their job as parents. But advocacy is a way of life for parents of kids with special needs. And in the past two days, Michelle Bartlett had given us a picture of life as a special needs...
by Jolene | Aug 29, 2012 | Advocacy, Special Needs Parenting
Advocate is not part of the job description most of us imagined when we thought about becoming parents. But as Michelle Bartlett shared yesterday in Part 1 of her story, parents of kids with special needs learn advocacy skills very quickly. Today, Michelle talks about...
by Jolene | Aug 28, 2012 | Advocacy, Special Needs Parenting
Becoming advocates for kids with special needs was not part of our parenting job description when we were expecting our first child. It probably wasn’t part of yours, and it wasn’t part of John and Michelle Bartlett’s either. But after their son Jake...