by Jolene | Jun 12, 2012 | Advocacy, Special Needs Parenting
Hey, friend, thank you for visiting Different Dream. Today and tomorrow, I’m visiting with Lorna d’Entremont. She and her daughter, Pierrette, own KidCompanions Chewelry, a business that makes chewable jewelry for kids with special needs. In Part 1 of the...
by Jolene | Feb 24, 2012 | Advocacy, Special Needs Parenting
Today’s post begins with a trip down memory lane. Close your eyes and think about the day you received your child’s special needs diagnosis. Go beyond the rush of emotion to the questions that came to mind. Can you remember them? In the following post,...
by Jolene | Feb 2, 2012 | Advocacy, Special Needs Parenting
About two weeks ago at DifferentDream.com, guest blogger Kathy Guzzo posted an important article based on her experience as a paralegal and the parents of an adult child with a chronic medical condition. In it, she explained how important it is for parents of adult...
by Jolene | Jan 26, 2012 | Advocacy, Special Needs Parenting
What’s your worst parenting nightmare? Can you narrow it down to just one? Guest blogger Amy Stout can pinpoint hers in a thumping heartbeat. It’s the topic of today’s guest post: special needs elopement. See if you can identify with her...
by Jolene | Jan 19, 2012 | Advocacy, Special Needs Parenting
Okay, raise your hand if you’re are parents of kids with special needs under the age of 18? Now, raise your hand if you hope to one day be parents of kids with special needs over the age of 18? Uh-huh, that’s what I thought. Almost all of you raised your...
by Jolene | Jan 12, 2012 | Advocacy, Special Needs Parenting
Do you remember when your children took their first steps? Are you still waiting for the day to come? Are you wondering if it will ever come? As today’s post shows, guest blogger Ellen Stumbo knows how you feel, whether your child learned to walk easily, needed...
