by Jolene | Jun 19, 2019 | Advocacy
5 Lessons for Disability Advocates Disability advocates, myself included, are people of passion. Our passion springs from a deep desire to improve the lives of those we love and the well-being of the overall disability community. Recently I provided a Christian...
by Jolene | Dec 19, 2018 | Advocacy, Special Needs Parenting
When You Don’t Have Anything Good to Say Whenever I got snarky as a kid, my mother had this habit of staring straight at me and saying, “If you don’t have anything good to say, don’t say anything at all.” Her words came to mind as I read...
by Jolene | Dec 6, 2018 | How-Tos, School/Education, Special Needs Parenting
How To Demystify Special Needs at School I am grateful to my colleagues who taught me how to demystify special needs at school. A special education teacher in our building and the guidance counselor wanted to mainstream a child with developmental delays into my third...
by Jolene | Jul 5, 2018 | Encouragement, Special Needs Parenting
9 Characteristics of Parents Raising Kids with Special Needs At the beginning of June, I spent a long weekend at camp with 40 sets of parents, their kids with special needs, and their typically-developing children, too. During 3 days of observing and interacting with...
by Jolene | Aug 17, 2017 | School/Education, Special Needs Parenting
11 Back to School Special Needs Posts for Parents Back to school posts for parents of kids with special needs can be hard to find. And what parent has time to unearth them while caught in the back-to-school whirlwind. So Different Dream has compiled 11 of its best...
