by Jolene | Jun 19, 2019 | Advocacy
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 organization I admire with information...
by Jolene | Mar 20, 2019 | Advocacy, Special Needs Parenting
He’s my dad, not a disability. Those words have been rattling in my brain this March, the month in which my father died 22 years ago. My thoughts have moved beyond the deep, personal grief I felt in 1997. Now my wish is to describe Harlan Stratton who, along...
by Kristen Horton | Jan 31, 2019 | Advocacy, Special Needs Parenting
Our Expected but Blessed EA/TEF Journey is guest blogger Kristen Horton’s follow up to Our Unexpected but Blessed EA/TEF Journey which she wrote for EA/TEF Awareness Month in 2018. Please welcome Kristen back to Different Dream and read on for a delightful...
by Jolene | Dec 19, 2018 | Advocacy, Special Needs Parenting
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 the Exodus 14 account of Moses and the...
by Amy Felix | Oct 31, 2018 | Advocacy, Special Needs Parenting
Before they label you with autism. No parent wants to pen a letter to a child before that happens. But this post is an example for parents of what to say and how to say it. Thank you, guest blogger Amy Felix, for saying what many parents need to hear. My Son, The...
by Laurie McLean | Oct 24, 2018 | Advocacy, Special Needs Parenting
Autism and the church are not always a winning combination. Different Dream welcomes guest blogger Laurie McLean today who writes about her family’s autism and the church success story. She also provides resources and ideas to aid families who want to make...
