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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 parent a child with a disability in the best of times. We all know the toll it can take on us physically, emotionally, financially. But one of the hardest hit places may be in our marriages.
Categories: Family Support
Libraries today offer so much more than books. Here are 5 benefits you may not have realized.
Categories: Family Support
Parks are a great place for children to run and play. This should be no different for children with disabilities. Thanks to accessible parks and playgrounds, it isn’t.
Categories: Family Support
I have 6 children. Among them, there are quite a few hidden disabilities: Type 1 diabetes, reactive attachment disorder, bipolar disorder, high-functioning autism, ADHD, anxiety, PTSD and depression.
Categories: Family Support
As parents, the work of assuring our child feels safe, secure, and valued at home, school, and in the community is challenging and full of risks. In Sandra Kaufmann’s book, she shares relatable ordeals and hard decisions their family had to make for their daughter with disabilities.
Categories: Family Support
I just knew something was not right with my newly adopted son. If I knew then what I know now, I would have listened more closely to my inner voice.
Categories: Family Support
As an adoptee and adopter, I have experienced the trauma associated with adoption firsthand.
Categories: Family Support
Parents who advocate for their child are often referred to as “That Mom,” as if it is a bad thing. We’ll let you decide.
Categories: Education & Schools
In my journey as a mother, I have grown from a place of frailty to a place of strength thanks to the support of mentors and friends. Here are reflections on lessons learned that all parents can benefit from.
Categories: Family Support
I have read there’s a difference between meltdowns and tantrums. But last week, I could see it plainly.
Categories: Family Support