Look at light and admire its beauty. Close your eyes, and then look again: what you saw is no longer there; and what you will see later is not yet. ~~Leonardo da Vinci Do you often look at photos and feel the emotion, the energy, the mood? You ask yourself…how do they do that? How…
Monthly Archives: May 2009
Try This Tuesday #45: Shoe Shopping
This week, Kristin from The Days of My Life is joining us to share how she handles the difficult task of shoe shopping with her son. SHOE SHOPPINGby Kristin Since my son is autistic, he often doesn’t express himself, for example, when his shoes are too small. And yes, I found this out the hard…
Going on vacation with a kid who has special needs
As you read this, we’re en route back from our Disney cruise on The Magic. Last year, we took the kids to Disney World, and they were so enchanted we decided to do something Disney again. Taking Max on vacation is sometimes a little unnerving, as we don’t know how he’s going to react to…
Week Two: Around the Blogosphere Special Needs Style
Sunday, Sunday, Sunday…in my house this week, it meant endless auto racing viewing opportunities, if you were so inclined. Yea….I? Was not. So, instead I popped open the laptop for week 2 of Around the Blogosphere Special Needs Style. And lookie here…ask and ye shall receive, that fancy schmancy button we asked for last week,…
Blog Review
Hi de ho there! “Maddy” here, the foreigner. I’ve nipped over from “home” to attempt another review at 5 Minutes for Special Needs Moms. Can a week have already passed? Apparently it has but as we sneak towards the break up of school everything seems to speed up. Before too long you will be relieved…
The club
Note: Originally posted over at the HennHouse. I had no intention of re-posting this piece here. But chaos in the 12-year-old’s life, a non-reported plugged up toilet in the kids bathroom, and tomato plants that are angry that I’ve kept them in too-small pots for far too long have all beckoned me away from the…
Adaptations for Children with Special Needs
By: Cindy Golden, www.omacconsulting.blogspot.com The most important thing in the world that you can do for your child with special needs is to teach them how to be independent. Regardless of how much disability affects their daily lives we, teachers and parents, should all find ways to teach them how to become as independent as is possible. We should…
The House Guest – Part One
It was July 30, and the first day of relief from a record breaking heat wave in the San Francisco Bay Area. I stood anxiously by the escalator at the Oakland Airport waiting for my twenty-year-old son Matthew to arrive from Pennsylvania. Matthew is autistic and has been attending a special residential school there since…
Why it’s important to donate blood
Today I spoke at the official opening of the Australian Red Cross Year of The Blood Donor. It was very nerve wracking but something I believe in, so, I did it. It’s been a huge week in our house with Imogen in hospital and Ivy and Noah both very unwell, so I’m just going to…
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…