by Jessica Temple | Jul 23, 2020 | Self-Care and Stress
Combatting Compassion Fatigue: Easy and Effective Strategies, Part 2 Combatting compassion fatigue is a reality for parents raising children with significant disabilities and special needs. Jessica Temple, a clinical neuropsychologist and mom of two children with...
by Jolene | Jul 21, 2020 | Holidays
My Other Child My other child is the one rarely mentioned on this blog. Like other typical siblings of kids with special needs and disabilities, her story is the one less told. Less told, but no less important.Less dramatic, but no less precious.Less worrisome, but no...
by Jessica Temple | Jul 16, 2020 | Self-Care and Stress
Combatting Compassion Fatigue: Easy and Effective Strategies, Part 1 Combatting compassion fatigue can be a challenge for parents caring for children with significant disabilities and special needs. Jessica Temple, a clinical neuropsychologist and mom of two children...
by Laura Spiegel | Jul 9, 2020 | Advocacy
Painting My Daughter in Color Painting my daughter in color. This is a priority for guest blogger Laura Spiegel who wants people to see all the colors of her delightful daughter’s personality rather than the black and white of the condition she’s had since birth....
by Jolene | Jul 2, 2020 | Advocacy
My Dad and My Uncle Overcame their Political Divide. We Can Too. My dad and my uncle overcame their political divide and other personal differences day after day, week after week, year after year. Pretty remarkable because they were very different men. My dad was a...
by Trish Shaeffer | Jun 30, 2020 | Advocacy
Being My Child’s Voice Being my child’s voice after he was born in 1982 was difficult. But it was nothing compared to Trish Schaeffer’s advocacy to get the wheelchair her son needs. Read on to discover what keeps her going. Being my child’s voice when everyday...
