[nextpage title=”Page 1″ ] I was chatting with a colleague the other day about toys we let our kids play with and TV shows we let them watch. She mentioned that she doesn’t care for her four-year-old son to play with things like guns and swords or to watch violent TV shows like Teenage Mutant Ninja […]
Special Needs
10 Ways to Keep Special Needs Toddlers Active During Winter
[nextpage title=”Page 1″ ] Keeping children active during the long winter months is important to their health, but it’s especially critical to the healthy development of special needs children, particularly those with brain injuries. Our son, Ewing, now 4, suffered a stroke in utero, resulting in right sided hemiparesis and cerebral palsy. Regular activity, both […]
What My Son with Special Needs CAN Do
Originally Published by Mommy Catharsis on Contemplative Chaos My four year-old son was diagnosed with ASD last February. If you’re a parent of a child labeled with special needs, then you know what it’s like to agonize over what your child can’t do. It becomes an obsession; you imagine a life full of dreams dashed. For this very post, […]
A Hard Day’s Night: When a Child with Autism Won’t Sleep
By Holly Gaunt of Do You Speak Autism Sleep? What’s that again? Oh yes, I think I last had some in 2009. Okaaay, I can hear you saying. Not another mommy blogger moaning about sleep deprivation! We’ve all been there. Get over it. No, is my reply. No, you haven’t. Unless you have been an […]
10 Things to Do Now That You’re a Special Needs Parent
[nextpage title=”Page 1″ ] Wake up. It’s not a nightmare. It’s reality. And you need to get a handle on it. You’ve just learned you are a special needs parent. And whether this discovery came shortly after your child’s birth or years following it, the hurt inside is the same. You wanted so many things […]
Guest Post: Teaching, Parenting, and Learning Through Difference
[nextpage title=”Page 1″ ] I am pleased to welcome Lisa Kramer as a guest writer. This beautiful piece about love and acceptance moved me. Be sure to visit Lisa’s sites for more! ********** Every once in a while—in between the arguments, random tears, messy rooms, and battles for independence—there will be a moment when your child […]
Stop Yer Starin’: A Special Needs Request
Special needs parents have many pleas: that their little ones overcome their latest obstacles, that insurance covers the most needed treatments, and that someone will give our kids a chance in the future. But of all the pleas special needs parents have, the one that tops the list is the plea to strangers to stop […]
How to Talk to Your Kids About People with Disabilities
[nextpage title=”Page 1″ ] The other day, a friend reached out to me to get advice about how she should approach talking with her children about people with disabilities. As her children were getting older, they were starting to notice subtle differences in people they saw in public, and my friend wanted to make sure […]