by Jolene | Jan 24, 2013 | Advocacy, Special Needs Parenting
Alphabet Soup Is Hard to Swallow EA/TEF Makes Everything Hard to Swallow Alphabet soup isn’t hard to swallow. Not for most people anyway. But when a pediatrician says your newborn baby has esophageal atresia and tracheoesophageal fistula (EA/TEF), the diagnosis...
by Jolene | Dec 31, 2012 | Advocacy, Special Needs Parenting
2012’s Top Special Needs Posts Countdown, #2 The 2012 countdown of popular posts continues even on New Year’s Eve. To celebrate the occasion, we’ll take a look at the second most read post of the year. It went up on January 4—which is in EA/TEF...
by Jolene | Dec 21, 2012 | Advocacy, Special Needs Parenting
2012’s Top Special Needs Posts Countdown, #7 The countdown of 2012’s top special needs posts continues here at DifferentDream.com. Today we move onto the 7th most popular post, a very sweet article was written by guest blogger Ellen Stumbo. Posts #9, and...
by Kathy Guzzo | Nov 20, 2012 | Advocacy, Special Needs Parenting
Parenting Lessons in Letting Go Parenting lessons don’t end when our kids become adults. Guest blogger Kathy Guzzo is here to share some parenting lessons she’s learned since her children, one of whom has special medical needs, reached adulthood. Parenting...
by Jolene | Nov 19, 2012 | Advocacy, Special Needs Parenting
Siblings of Kids with Special Needs: Do Their Lives Change? Siblings of kids with special needs often face their own set of challenges. But when the needs of their brothers or sisters are urgent and possibly life-threatening, these siblings sometimes suppress their...
by Ellen Stumbo | Oct 30, 2012 | Advocacy, Special Needs Parenting
Down Syndrome: A Teacher of Life Down Syndrome Awareness Month will soon come to a close. But not before guest blogger Ellen Stumbo shares what she’s learned from her daughter who lives with Down syndrome. My Teacher of Life My daughter has Down syndrome. She is...
