by Ellen Stumbo | Oct 16, 2012 | Advocacy, Special Needs Parenting
Communication with My Daughter Who Has Down Syndrome Communication with children who have special needs often requires creativity and flexibility. Today, guest blogger Ellen Stumbo describes the struggles and hopes she has with her daughter Nichole who lives with Down...
by Jolene | Oct 5, 2012 | Advocacy, Special Needs Parenting
Medical Bills Super Hero Medical bills are a huge source of concern for parents of kids hospitalized because of their special needs. Sometimes, families sacrifice in very creative ways to pay for their kids’ treatment. A while back, my son-in-law Facebooked a...
by Rachel Cordeiro | Sep 6, 2012 | Advocacy, Special Needs Parenting
Visual Impairment? What Cami Sees Visual impairment is one of the special needs diagnoses Cami, daughter of guest bloggers Rudy and Rachel Corderio, lives with. Today, Rachel is back with a guest post about what her daughter sees beyond her visual impairment. Beyond...
by Michelle Bartlett | Aug 30, 2012 | Advocacy, Special Needs Parenting
Advocacy 101: A Mom Became a Special Needs Advocate, Pt. 3 Advocate. Not the word that springs to mind when most young dads and moms describe their job as parents. But advocacy is a way of life for parents of kids with special needs. And in the past two days, Michelle...
by Michelle Bartlett | Aug 29, 2012 | Advocacy, Special Needs Parenting
Advocacy 101: A Mom Became a Special Needs Advocate, Pt. 2 Advocate is not part of the job description most of us imagined when we thought about becoming parents. But as Michelle Bartlett shared yesterday in Part 1 of her story, parents of kids with special needs...
by Michelle Bartlett | Aug 28, 2012 | Advocacy, Special Needs Parenting
Advocacy 101: A Mom Became a Special Needs Advocate, Pt. 1 -Becoming advocates for kids with special needs was not part of our parenting job description when we were expecting our first child. It probably wasn’t part of yours, and it wasn’t part of John...
