by Laura Spiegel | May 18, 2022 | Grief, Special Needs Parenting, Spiritual Support, Uncategorized
Parenting a Child with Disabilities Isn’t the Grief Olympics Parenting a child with disabilities isn’t the grief Olympics as guest blogger Laura Spiegel knows. However, as is true for many other caregiving parents, she struggles to find a balance between validating...
by Sandy Ramsey-Trayvick | Apr 13, 2022 | Uncategorized
Transitioning Kids with Disabilities to Adulthood Transitioning kids with disabilities to adulthood is a process that often begins before parents are ready for it. That’s how Sandy Ramsey-Trayvick felt when transitioning became part of her son’s IEP while in middle...
by Jolene | Jan 4, 2022 | Encouragement, How-Tos, Uncategorized
EA/TEF Awareness Day 2022 is Here! EA/TEF Awareness Day 2022 has arrived. Usually Different Dream devotes all of January to EA/TEF Awareness Month. For over ten years, I have issued invitations on Facebook for parents and survivors to share their stories. In the past,...
by Mark Arnold | Dec 21, 2021 | Uncategorized
Non-Verbal Kids Can Communicate Clearly if We Learn their Language Non-verbal kids can communicate. In fact, they communicate all the time. Guest blogger Mark Arnold continues to learn more about how non-verbal kids can communicate from his son James. Today, Mark...
by Lisa Pelissier | Dec 14, 2021 | Uncategorized
Selective Mutism: 4 Ways to Lift Up Your Child Selective mutism is a mystery to most of the general public and to many parents. Guest blogger Lisa Pelissier sheds light on the condition in an interview with her daughter and by explaining 4 ways they support her. She...
by Laura Spiegel | Dec 7, 2021 | Spiritual Support, Uncategorized
Hospital Chaplains: Who Knew They Can Do So Much? Hospital chaplains provide valuable support when loved ones are dying. Guest blogger Laura Spiegel recently learned they can do much more. When you think of hospital chaplains, what comes to mind? A bearer of bad news?...