With 2015 swiftly drawing to a close, New Year’s Eve is a good time to take a look at DifferentDream.com’s top ten special needs posts of 2015. A look through this list gives a good idea of what’s been speaking to and bothering parents of kids with special needs in the past 12 months.

10.  This top ten list begins with a post about friendship, a subject near and dear to Different Dream readers. In this post guest blogger Deborah Arrona describes the 10 kinds of friends crucial to parents of kids with special needs.

9.  Apparently lots of parents wish they could go back in time if the the popularity of Christine Lester’s guest post about going back in time to assure her younger self that she would be strong enough to nurse her son through the diagnosis and treatment of his special needs.

8. Sitting in the #8 spot is Sheri Dacon’s post about her decision to call her condition what it was–PTSD caused by parenting a child with special needs–and calling parents with PTSD to stand with and support one another.

7.  This story about why childhood PTSD is often misdiagnosed as ADHD made a big splash when it went live in November of 2015. Many thanks to guest blogger Ruth Stieff for so clearly explaining the reasons behind this mistake.

6.  Readers loved Rachel Olstad’s post about how she combats the adrenal fatigue associated with her PTSD.

5.  We all know the tax man cometh. Perhaps that is why this post about 6 tax deductions for special needs families made the top half of this year’s top ten list.

4.  Kimberly Drew’s lovely post about what parents of kids with special needs want to hear again and again touched many readers last spring. Don’t we all want to hear these things?

3.  The response to Liz Matheis’ post about stress and PTSD in parents of kids with special needs was astounding. Obviously, many parents deal with these issues on a daily basis.

2. The response to the #3 post led to a series about stress and PTSD in parents of kids with special needs. Barb Dittrich’s straight-talking post about 8 truths about PTSD in parents resonated with readers and made it the #2 post of the year.

1.  And finally, in the #1 spot is Stephanie Ballard’s Mother’s Day poem for moms of kids with special needs. Her words seem to go straight to the heart of readers. Thank you, Stephanie, for honoring moms raising kids with special needs.

What Makes Your List of Top Ten Special Needs Posts for 2015?

Is your favorite Different Dream story missing from this top ten list of special needs posts? If so, give your fave a shout out in the comment box.

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