by Jolene | Apr 15, 2021 | How-Tos, Self-Care and Stress
Aligning Priorities as Caregiving Demands Change Aligning priorities as caregiving demands change became part of my world in February. That’s when the residential facility where my mother lives reinstated room visits. Wahoo! After a year of staying home all day every...
by Jolene | Apr 1, 2021 | How-Tos
Ways to Speak Words of Affirmation and Quality Time to Kids with Special Needs Ways to speak words of affirmation and quality time to kids with special needs aren’t hard to cook up. Doing so requires three simple ingredients. The first is determining the child’s love...
by Julia Sansing | Mar 30, 2021 | Advocacy, Books and Resources
Friend in Me for Kids with Disabilities Friend in Me is a website that encourages friendships between kids with disabilities and neurotypical peers. It’s the brainchild of Julia and her brother Troy. In this guest post, Julia explains how Friend in Me came into being...
by Jessica Temple | Mar 24, 2021 | How-Tos
4 Ways to Strengthen a Marriage While Raising Kids with Disabilities 4 ways to strengthen a marriage while raising kids with disabilities may seem like 3 too many in the middle of a pandemic. Jessica Temple, neuropsychologist and mom to 2 sons with special needs, syas...
by Jolene | Mar 22, 2021 | How-Tos
Caregiving in a Culture of Outrage Caregiving in a culture of outrage is a huge challenge. Parents of kids with special needs and disabilities who use social media to engage with other caregiving families have to wade through the outrage before they can connect. What...
by Jolene | Mar 17, 2021 | Holidays
St. Practice Day Wisdom In honor of two important people in my family, Happy St. Patrick’s Day! The first person is my maternal grandmother, Josephine Estelle Newell Hess. She was named after her father, Joseph Newell, who immigrated from Ireland to Canada to...
