by Kathy Guzzo | Oct 7, 2015 | Self-Care and Stress, Special Needs Parenting
Special Needs Sharing: Caring or Complaining? How do you respond when a good friend who knows about your caregiving duties asks, “How are you doing?” Do you tell the truth, or do you hold back for fear of being branded a complainer? In today’s post,...
by Kimberly Drew | Jul 29, 2015 | How-Tos, Special Needs Parenting
Special Needs and Puberty: Dealing with Misconceptions Guest blogger Kimberly Drew and her husband are sailing through uncharted waters as their daughter Abbey nears puberty. They have encountered unsolicited and often discouraging advice based on their misconceptions...
by Kathy Guzzo | Jul 9, 2015 | How-Tos, Special Needs Parenting
Special Needs Grandparenting 101 Today Different Dream welcomes guest blogger Kathy Guzzo. She’s back today with advice for grandparents of kids with special needs. She recommends these 4 basic skills for grandparents who want to support their adult children and...
by Kathryn Sneed | Jun 26, 2015 | In Parents, PTSD
Special Needs Parents and Trauma: Medically Induced PTSD Today, Different Dream is wrapping up its ongoing series about PTSD in parents of kids with special needs. Guest blogger Kathryn Sneed is here to share her story of medically-induced PTSD. Perhaps you will see...
by Stephanie Ballard | Jun 24, 2015 | Encouragement, Spiritual Support
God Kissed this Tiny Child Guest blogger, Stephanie Ballard offers up a new poem for parents of kids with special needs in today’s post. When I asked her where she came up with the idea, she said this: The first source was a poem by Erma Bombeck, in which God...