by Kimberly Drew | Nov 9, 2012 | Books and Resources, Special Needs Parenting
Hurricane Sandy: What to Add to the FEMA Survival Checklist Hurricane Sandy blew itself out a couple weeks ago, but the clean-up continues. Many people—special needs parents included—are assessing the preparations they made before the big storm and tweaking them for...
by Jolene | Nov 6, 2012 | Books and Resources, Special Needs Parenting
Yellow Pages for Kids with Special Needs The yellow pages folks recently delivered an updated hard copy of our local publication. Its arrival was a good reminder to pass on an update to a special needs yellow pages post from July of 2010. Yellow Pages from...
by Jolene | Oct 11, 2012 | Books and Resources, Special Needs Parenting
Legal Documents Needed When Your Child Turns 18 Legal documents to be prepared by parents when their kids with special needs turn 18 were the subject of guest blogger Kathy Guzzo’s series earlier this year. (Part 1: The Importance of Attorney and Medical...
by Jolene | Sep 28, 2012 | Books and Resources, Special Needs Parenting
Special Needs Financial Planning: The Future Is Now Special needs financial planning is a topic most parents would like to ignore. But my research before writing Different Dream Parenting helped demystify the topic and convinced me of its importance. So when...
by Jolene | Aug 31, 2012 | Books and Resources, Special Needs Parenting
Puzzles and Games for Kids with Special Needs While puzzles and board games don’t top my fun free-time activity list, they do make the top ten. Somewhere after spending time with family, reading, cooking, and watching TV/movies on Netflix, but before swimming,...
by Jolene | Aug 7, 2012 | Books and Resources, Special Needs Parenting
Centers for Independent Living: A Special Needs Resource Centers for Independent Living (CILs) have been around longer than the first federal special education law passed in 1974. Since ferreting out special needs resources always makes me smile, imagine the size of...
