by Jolene | Apr 26, 2012 | Books and Resources, Special Needs Parenting
Last weekend, McClean Bible Church in the Washington, DC area held its annual Accessibility Summit. The conference reaches out to the special needs community – families, professionals, and ministries. Last December my proposed topic, Managing Your Time Without...
by Jolene | Mar 22, 2012 | Books and Resources, Special Needs Parenting
A couple weeks ago, a friend sent an email requesting prayer for her adult son who has severe cerebral palsy. Not because he was sick. Not because he was having surgery. But because he was going to the dentist. Dental Care for Kids with Special Needs Can Be a Big Deal...
by Jolene | Mar 13, 2012 | Books and Resources, Special Needs Parenting
The Welcome to Holland Thing & the Big Bad Thing A while back I ran across a post at SupportforSpecialNeeds.com, one of my fave special needs websites. At first I didn’t like it much. But, I couldn’t stop thinking about it either, which I always...
by Jolene | Feb 28, 2012 | Books and Resources, Special Needs Parenting
Today, I’m boarding an airplane for Savannah, Georgia – heaven on earth to midwesterners tired of winter. Therefore, today’s post is a short nugget of travel-related news. New TSA Hotline for Travelers with Special Needs According to a news release...
by Jolene | Feb 22, 2012 | Books and Resources, Special Needs Parenting
Today, it’s my pleasure to introduce Melissa Gamble, a new guest blogger at DifferentDream.com. (To see a picture of Melissa and her family and read her bio, go to the guest blogger page and scroll down.) In her post today, Melissa shares how the gradual...
by Jolene | Feb 13, 2012 | Books and Resources, Special Needs Parenting
For about a year, I couldn’t figure out why people, when they learned I write about special needs, would ask, “Do you watch Parenthood?” “No,” I would tell them, “thanks to the government mandated the switch to bigger, better,...
