by Jolene | Apr 17, 2019 | Books and Resources
Special Needs and Disability Conferences You’ll Want to Know About Special needs and disability conferences are popping up around the country. They provide a wealth of information by bringing in workshop speakers from around the country and inviting local...
by Heather Johnson | Apr 3, 2019 | Self-Care and Stress
Caretakers can take care of themselves, and they must take care of themselves. Guest blogger Heather Johnson explained why self-care is important for caretakers and provided easy-to-implement self-care strategies in 4 Ways Caretakers Can Take Care, Part 1. In this...
by Heather Johnson | Mar 28, 2019 | Self-Care and Stress
4 Ways Caretakers Can Take Care, Part 1 Caretakers can take care of themselves. Caretakers must take care of themselves. Guest blogger Heather Johnson learned this truth through hard, personal experience. In this post, she explains why caring for ourselves is so...
by Jolene | Mar 25, 2019 | How-Tos, Special Needs Parenting
That Child Could Have Been Me or You That child could have been me, I thought as I read through one of the responses to my survey about stress and compassion fatigue in caregivers. The respondent said her 60-year-old child lived with intellectual delays caused by an...
by Jolene | Mar 20, 2019 | Advocacy, Special Needs Parenting
He’s My Dad, Not a Disability He’s my dad, not a disability. Those words have been rattling in my brain this March, the month in which my father died 22 years ago. My thoughts have moved beyond the deep, personal grief I felt in 1997. Now my wish is to...
by Mark Arnold | Mar 14, 2019 | Special Needs Parenting
To the Mother of Our Child with Special Needs, My Wife To the mother of our child with special needs…with these words, guest blogger Mark Arnold begins the best kind of love letter to his wife. Grab a tissue and read on! To the mother of our special needs child,...
