by Jolene | Mar 23, 2020 | How-Tos
Love language hacks for the coronavirus shutdown, at least from my vantage point, are an easy stretch. I know this because the hacks have already been created by parents of kids with special needs and disabilities. They’ve been living with social distancing for...
by Jolene | Mar 19, 2020 | How-Tos
Connecting with caregiving families is a challenge in the best of times. In this season of social distancing, connecting with families caring for children, spouses, or aging parents may feel impossible. But I can assure you–as someone who grew up with disabled father...
by Amy Felix | Mar 12, 2020 | Advocacy, Special Needs Parenting
My child is different, says guest blogger Amy Felix, and yet. And yet, Amy knows that parents of typical kids and parents of kids with special needs have much in common. That commonality, she also believes, is what will help us raise a new generation of compassionate...
by Jolene | Mar 10, 2020 | Books and Resources, Special Needs Parenting
Coronavirus and kids with special needs sounds like a combination worthy of panic. With all the information and misinformation swirling about, it’s easy for caregiving parents to be confused and stressed about how to best protect their kids. Where’s a...
by Liz Mathies | Mar 5, 2020 | School/Education
Annual review meeting time is here, which means you should prepare now in order to advocate for (or with) your child about next fall’s school placement. Dr. Liz Mathies suggests using these 3 questions to determine what next year’s placement and program...
by Kimberly Drew | Mar 4, 2020 | How-Tos, Special Needs Parenting
Medically-fragile kids with the flu is a scary combination as guest blogger Kimberly Drew knows. Today she shares 3 tips that kept her children with compromised immune systems home after they contracted influenza. If the flu hits at your house, they might do the same...
