Welcome to another Try This Tuesday. For details on how to participate, please check out the welcome post. If you’d like to join in but aren’t sure what to write about, try the topic suggestion for this week: Safety Awareness. How are you teaching your child to be safe, whether it is around traffic, water,…
Monthly Archives: April 2009
Celebrating our children’s strengths
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,…
My “reality hits” moment that I had a special needs child
We have known for a few months now that our 8-month-old Hannah has this neurodegenerative brain disease that was likely going to take her away from us in a few years. We know what the symptoms are, we know the process it is going to take…we know all of that. We know she is…
Guiding Life’s Choices – An Interview With Colleen
Talk about cute kids!! Check out these two and their fabulous mother, Colleen! Tell me a little about yourself and your family. My mother always says to me, Colleen, God only gives you what you can handle”. I now feel that God was there whenever I was making some of my life choices. Life led…
Able Play Toys at One Step Ahead!
Psssst: Got Grandparents and friends who want to purchase just the right toy for your child? You are going to want them to read this review. Just a friendly heads up! Lake Bluff, IL – All kids love new, cool, fun toys, and that includes kids with disabilities. But it’s not always easy to find,…
Somewhere In Between…
I don’t know this place well — this place of no eminent crisis. This place where it’s safe for me to relax my guard just a wee little bit. This place where relative security still doesn’t quite equate with “normal”. Whatever “normal” is. This place of in between. I know how to manage a crisis,…
Autism-love and support from family and friends makes all the difference.
What would we do without our friends and family? This story A Grandfather’s Perspective is the first in my Friends and Family series. Did you know that if you google “Who is the nicest guy in the world?” my dad is listed third? Here are his thoughts about his relationship with Matthew. My grandson, Matthew,…
Expecting too much.
Last night we went to dinner. It was William’s birthday and things hadn’t really gone to plan. On holidays, with seven kids, who am I kidding? Things never go to plan. Things never really go to plan when it comes to Will either. I wanted to watch the sunrise. It was raining. It poured all…
A One Pound Miracle from God
I would like to introduce to you, Kayleigh Anne Freeman (A One Pound Blessing from God) Death or Life. Which would you choose when several doctors tell you there’s nothing you can do to save your unborn child’s life? Have you ever held a 13 ounce baby in the palm of your hands…
The Assistive Technology Process for Beginners
As a parent, there are all kinds of supports that can help your child with disabilities. Assistive technology covers a wide area of supports from speech, adapted play, communication and computer access. If you are considering assistive technology for your child within the public school system, here are a few points you might want to…