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Navigate Life Texas: Resources for kids with disabilities and special needs
Navigate Life Texas: Resources for kids with disabilities and special needs
It’s hard to make new friends as an adult and the parent of a child with disabilities. However, parent-to-parent support is alive and well on the internet!
Parenting a child with a disability is a journey, not a destination. Some people have been dealing with this since their child was born. Some people have joined the journey later in their child’s life.
Categories: Family Support
So much I've written about focuses on my child's autism spectrum disorder and ADHD challenges. For just this moment, I want to focus on the absolute, beautiful joy of being his mom.
Categories: Family Support
Children – with and without a disability – go to school to prepare for life: continued education, employment and independent living. Do you have a vision for your child’s future? Does your child’s Individualized Education Program or IEP move your child closer or farther from that vision?
Categories: Education & Schools
When it comes to your child and their medical needs, there is no such thing as a dumb question. Here’s how I think about asking questions in medical settings as a parent of a child with a disability and a nurse.
Categories: Diagnosis & Health Care
It’s easy to get caught up in the social challenges that children with disabilities face. But when we consider the progress made over the last 80-90 years, we can be grateful for how far we have come.
Categories: Family Support
We forget how the medical world has changed with COVID.
Categories: Diagnosis & Health Care
With any child, recognizing cues is important. But as they get older, sometimes it is harder to do.
Categories: Family Support
“Being a mom is like jumping out of a plane with a bunch of people who don’t know how to open their own chutes. So you fly around doing it for them. Then you hit the ground. But you don’t die. You get up and you cook dinner.” -Unknown
Categories: Family Support
There are times when we get overwhelmed. Which way is up? How do I deal with all this? Therapy is one of those tools we don’t know we need until we do.
Categories: Family Support