by Scott Newport | Jan 11, 2012 | Advocacy, Special Needs Parenting
Guest blogger Scott Newport is back today with news of a recently completed project at C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Maybe it will inspire you to give back to the hospital where your child was treated. Read on! In the Midst I can...
by Jolene | Jan 10, 2012 | Advocacy, Special Needs Parenting
January is EA/TEF Awareness Month.Therefore, each Tuesday post at DifferentDream.com in January is dedicated to raising awareness of the birth anomaly that affects our first child and approximately 1 in every 4000 babies born. 10 Reasons to Mark EA/TEF Awareness Month...
by Jolene | Jan 4, 2012 | Advocacy, Special Needs Parenting
Most people in the northern hemisphere associate January with breaking resolutions made with the best of intentions, making the best of cold and dark and snow, and spending three weeks forgetting to record the day’s date with the number of the new year instead...
by Jolene | Dec 21, 2011 | Advocacy, Special Needs Parenting
Guest blogger Ellen Stumbo has been thinking about an issue important to parents of kids with special needs: how to be an effective advocate. In today’s post, she shares about how her perception of effective advocacy has changed and mentions a good book put out...
by Jolene | Nov 14, 2011 | Advocacy, Special Needs Parenting
As has been mentioned before on this blog, Temple Grandin is one of my heros. So when Harriet Cabelly who blogs at www.rebuildyourlifecoach.com sent an email saying her interview with Temple Grandin is posted at her website, I was impressed. Way to Go, Harriet Cabelly...
by Jolene | Sep 30, 2011 | Advocacy, Special Needs Parenting
This past August, young relative of ours delivered her first child 7 weeks early. Baby Tommy is a fighter, starting to gain weight (he’s now over four pounds) and even beginning to nurse from his mother. The only pesky problem remaining is a lower-than-desired...
