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What Else Can I Do?

What Else Can I Do?

The previous post in this series shared five ways to encourage families with special needs kids. The ideas came from Lisa Copen's book, Beyond Casseroles: 505 Ways to Encourage a Chronically Ill Friend. Further Beyond Casseroles Here are five more tips from Lisa's...

What Can I Do?

What Can I Do?

When I hear about parents of kids diagnosed with a chronic illness or special needs, my thoughts and emotions get tangled up, they tie me in knots. Sound Familiar? I want to do something to help - take a casserole or send a card maybe - but invisible, tangled threads...

What Is the Special Needs Underground?

What Is the Special Needs Underground?

About a month ago, the mother of Parker, a little boy with special medical needs, described an organization she called "the special needs underground." Praying for Parker Tammy, Parker's mom, blogs about parenting at Praying for Parker: Raising a Special Needs-Kid in...

Product Spotlight: Different Roads to Learning

Product Spotlight: Different Roads to Learning

Before the holidays, a post on this blog featured toy guides geared for families with special needs kids. In a similar vein, today's post puts the spotlight on a company designed to help parents and educators meet the needs of autistic children. Different Roads to...

Evan Newport – All Around Me

Evan Newport – All Around Me

Not too long ago, I shared with you about the death of Evan Newport, a little boy with Noonan's Syndrome. When Evan was born, doctors told his parents, Scott and Penni, not to expect their baby to live more than a year. But the amazing little boy survived longer than...

Meet Jolene

Jolene Philo is a published author, speaker, wife, and mother of a son with special needs.

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Portable Sleep Bed for Special Needs

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