Many of you are familiar with Reece’s Rainbow. For those of you who may be new to this adoption organization here’s a quick overview: When Andrea and her husband were pregnant with their first son, they weren’t aware of the challenges that lay ahead. The plan was to eventually go back to work after the…
Category Archives: Advocacy
Try This Tuesday #50: OTPlan.com
I recently heard about this cool website called OTPlan (Occupational Therapy Plan) from a member of my local ASA chapter and just had to share it with all of you. What is OTPlan? In their own words, The concept is pretty simple: OTPlan is an activity idea and treatment plan search engine. The site matches…
The big “G”
When a baby is born and for the first time, you hold that sweet little thing, you hold them close to you, breathe them in and give your heart away. Never in your wildest dreams do you stop and wonder if there is anything wrong, what the future will hold for this little person. In those first few…
Try This Tuesday #47: Stage Not Age
Welcome to Try This Tuesday! This week, DS.MAMA from Down Syndrome New Mama is sharing an awesome resource for tracking your baby’s milestones. I think it could be useful for other children with developmental delays as well, and there are also other versions of this resource available. Stage Not Ageby DS.MAMA One of the first…
Graduation Day
(Don’t worry, in another four years I will be writing this post again. Or maybe just reposting this one with changes. We’ll see what happens.) On Thursday, my son will graduate middle school. I will officially be the parent of a high-schooler. I know I’m not alone. I know there are other parents feeling the…
Book Giveaway Winner!
The winner of the International Vascular Birthmark Awareness Day Book Giveaway is: Heidi from God’s Grace In Practice! Congratulations! We hope you enjoy this beautiful book, Buddy Booby’s Birthmark, by Evan Ducker, a little boy who followed his dream to write a children’s story to help others understand what it feels like to be different….
The Heart of the Matter
It’s not about chemicals. It’s not about vaccines. It’s not about diet. It’s not about nutrition. It’s not about curing. It’s not about me versus you. It’s not about you versus me. It’s not about who’s right. It’s not about who’s wrong. It’s about a Spectrum. It’s about varying challenges, and rewards. It’s about coming…
Yes, I DO raise my kids differently
Out of the hundreds of wonderful and supportive comments and emails I receive, every once in a great while I apparently piss someone off with something I share. Instead of writing back to this one person, I decided to share my response here in case anyone else felt the same way. When I mentioned a…
Gearing Up For Next (School) Year
As someone who works in education, these next few weeks are the time that is very bittersweet. We’re glad to see the year come to a close, but we are sad because we will miss the children that we have spent quite a bit of time with. While we will see many of them return…
Try This Tuesday #44: Student Orientation
Welcome to this week’s Try This Tuesday. For details on how to participate, please check out the welcome post. I know it’s almost summer, but if you’re in the middle of preparing an IEP like I am, you are already thinking about back to school time and how your child will adjust to a new…