Max has this habit of running his toy trucks, cars and planes back and forth across the dining room table. It makes a lot of noise. It leaves pock marks in the wood. It ends up totally grating on my nerves to the point where I will finally say, not so softly, “Max!!! PLEASE, stop!” …

  This is Max at two years old. He’d just started lifting himself up onto all fours; before that, he commando crawled for months. My husband and I were thrilled that he was finally doing something that “typical” tots did. Back then, we were so excited anytime he did anything that was in the baby…

Having a kid with special needs often means that a good part of your life is spent working around or through your child’s challenges. Friends and family may say things to you like “How do you do it?” but the answer is simple: you do it because this is a normal part of your life,…