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…
Touch, Smell, Lick
How do you choose which foods you want to eat and which you prefer to not even try? For me, appearance is key. I would be much less likely to eat blue-tinted mashed potatoes than creamy white ones with a square of melting butter in the center. Ashley, like many children with sensory impairments, uses…
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…
Special Exposure Wednesday.
Malachy’s favourite pastime at the moment is riding his scooter on our weekend walks. Share your special moments with us at Special Exposure Wednesday. We’d love to see your photos! Please remember your comment love at each link you visit. Also blogging at Three Ring Circus