by Ellen Stumbo | Jul 31, 2012 | Advocacy, Special Needs Parenting
Adaptive Swimming Lessons Queen of the Waves Teaches Mom Who’s the adaptive swimming lessons queen of the waves in guest blogger Ellen Stumbo’s town? Her daughter Nichole, of course. Today, Ellen describes what she learned during the first day of her...
by Jolene | Jul 6, 2012 | Advocacy, Special Needs Parenting
Four-year-old Anthony Smith refused to wear his hearing aid. Why? “Because,” he told his mom, “superheros don’t wear hearing aids.” Christina D’Allesandro Is One Smart Mama Anthony’s mama, Christiana D’Allesandro, knew...
by Jolene | Jun 22, 2012 | Advocacy, Special Needs Parenting
Hello readers, and welcome back to Part 3 of the interview with special needs dad Matt McNeil. In our final session together, Matt shares how his family stays involved with the special needs community. And he talks about his young adult novel, The Strange Tale of Ben...
by Jolene | Jun 21, 2012 | Advocacy, Special Needs Parenting
Welcome back to Different Dream for Part 2 of our interview with special needs dad Matt McNeil. Matt and his wife Shannon are the parents of Waverly and Oliver who live with MPS III, a terminal special needs diagnosis. In Part 1 of Matt’s interview, he gave the...
by Jolene | Jun 20, 2012 | Advocacy, Special Needs Parenting
Today I’m pleased to introduce you to special needs dad Matt McNeil. He and his wife Shannon are the parents of two children with special needs: Waverly (8) and Oliver (5). Over the next few days, Matt will tell you about his experience as father to two children...
by Jolene | Jun 13, 2012 | Advocacy, Special Needs Parenting
Welcome back for Part 2 of our interview with Lorna d’Entremont, co-owner of KidCompanions Chewelry. KidCompanions produces chewable jewelry for kids with special needs. Yesterday, in Part 1 Lorna explained how she morphed from busy grandma to business...
