This week I’ve heard about the passing of a young homeschool mom (from breast cancer) on some boards I’ve frequented for years. A few months ago a local mom of six, two with special needs also went Home to her Savior. So often do I get caught up in the cares of this life, taking [...]
Posts under ‘Special Needs’
The Moment I Had Been Waiting For…
and I was zoned out from Benadryl. I don’t like to take the stuff during the day but we were out of Zyrtec and the ragweed’s been elevated around here. One of my big frustrations with Nicolas has been with his lack of play skills. He just never played appropriately with toys. I believe much [...]
Link Love: Inclusion in the Church
I’ve read a number of posts recently from moms in the special needs community over the past few months who have had to leave their churches because they were unable receive the accommodations they needed for their children. This is so troubling for several reasons. Families of these children are under unimaginable stress most of [...]
iPhone and iPad Touch Apps for Special Education
Here’s a link to dozens of apps, organized by category to use on iPhones and iPads for special education. They are organized according to type: Communication, Organization (ooh, wait, I could use that one!), Reading, Writing, Math, Music, Song, Art, and Game Accessibility. I have a serious case of COVET right now. I hope they [...]
Regular Moms vs. Special Needs Moms
I have nothing to write about today and so I’m sharing this article about Regular vs. Special Needs Moms. “Moms, a stranger walks among you. We look like regular moms, but we are the hybrid to your standard engine. Our child’s disability altered us, enhanced us. Many words describe us: resilient, creative, protective, emboldened, sympathetic, [...]
Summertime Blues…
Why has doing anything online become so difficult the past few weeks? (insane in the membrane…insane in the brain!) The blasted Florida heat and humidity frying my brain? Now, I have been making good on my commitment to get to the Y three times a week for spinning and weight lifting and that FEELS GOOD! [...]
Sensory Kids Go To The Movies!
My last attempt at taking my younger two kids to the movies by myself was a few years ago. That’s how long it has taken for me to even consider it again! At that time my son was barely walking and my daughter couldn’t see where she was going and became disoriented in the dark [...]
Waiting, Waiting, Waiting
One of the frustrations of being a parent of a child with special needs is that I always seem to be waiting. Waiting for Medwaiver (four years this year). Waiting for the school to do what I requested. Waiting for the reevaluation. Meanwhile the time is going by and he gets older. Just feeling a [...]
