Children’s social-emotional health is an important part of their growth and development. Here are some ways you can help your child.
Categories: Diagnosis & Health Care
With every passing year in the world of being a parent of a child with special health care needs, you have the day to day struggles, the fun holidays, and some surprises. Good and bad.
Categories: Family Support
It's important for my family to have only supportive people in our circle. Connecting with other parents and parent groups made a huge difference. Here's how.
Categories: Family Support
If you have a child with a disability, I am sure you know that it takes a village to help raise a kiddo with special health care needs.
Categories: Family Support
The time will come when my daughter needs a feeding tube. Not yet, but soon.
Categories: Diagnosis & Health Care
Sometimes dreams are interrupted by life and its realities. I am proof that dreams can be restarted and accomplished—just on a different and surprising schedule.
Categories: Family Support
"Inclusion" is a buzzword in disability circles and the special education world. But it doesn’t take long to realize that inclusion means very different things to different people.
Categories: Education & Schools
Before my son was born, I was in great shape. That changed after he came along. But here's how I'm taking care of myself again.
Categories: Family Support
Jealousy is a natural human response. In the disability community, we find ourselves feeling jealous over things we may have once taken for granted. You may be surprised to know that all of us feel them.
Categories: Family Support
My husband originally wrote this post 6 years ago, when Wade was just 4 years old. So much has happened and changed since then, but the lesson remains the same: “Stay out of his way!”
Categories: Family Support