by Liz Matheis | Aug 1, 2018 | School/Education, Special Needs Parenting
September Comes, and School Does Too I don’t want to think about it, but September is coming. And when September comes, our children go back to school. As a parent, I heave a sigh of relief but at the same time, I also take in a breath of panic. Change.Change is...
by Kimberly Drew | Jul 25, 2018 | Self-Care and Stress, Special Needs Parenting
Embracing My Daughter’s Special Needs Sweet Sixteen When her daughter Abbey turned sixteen, Kimberly Drew learned to look at the milestone birthday in a new way. She’s here to explain what her new perspective revealed. Embracing My Daughter’s...
by Jolene | Jul 19, 2018 | How-Tos, Special Needs Parenting
9 Tips for Surviving a Tornado in a Wheelchair Tornado season scared me to death when I was a kid. First, because of the scene in The Wizard of Oz when the tornado bears down on Dorothy as she pounds on the door of the storm cellar to no avail. Young as I was, I...
by Jill Seaney | Jul 18, 2018 | How-Tos, Special Needs Parenting
The Importance of Community for Parents of Kids with Complex Medical Needs, Pt. 2 Jill Seaney is rounding out her series on the importance of community for parents of kids with complex medical needs, which she began last spring, with information about how to find the...
by Jolene | Jul 12, 2018 | School/Education, Special Needs Parenting
Special Education by the Numbers May Surprise You Special education is a much discussed–or as my father used to say, “cussed and discussed”– topic of conversation for parents raising kids with special needs. During my teaching years, I assumed everyone had...
by Jolene | Jul 11, 2018 | How-Tos, Special Needs Parenting
Nasty Little Whispers and the Truths Caregivers Can Use to Silence Them Nasty little whispers had a way of burrowing into my thoughts while my husband and I cared for our very sick baby in the early 1980s. Those whispers, also known as lies, set up camp in my head,...
