Disability Awareness
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Everything You Wanted to Know About Getting Your Kid Help
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People who “walk the walk and talk the talk” understand the how difficult, and also, how wonderful it is to raise a child who has special needs. Over the years, these parents will interact with people, who are not raising an exceptional child, but who are directly involved in our child’s education and development. While…
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The Impact of Labeling Students With Special Needs
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The idea behind the word “stigma” leaves a painful scar–labels stick and eventually become a blurry mess. As kids get older all that “nice-nice treat others with respect” goes right out the window once those same students transition to middle school and beyond. Unfortunately, your kidlet is subjected to being bullied; especially if he or…
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Why Teenagers With a Disability Act Differently In Public
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Children often act differently in public. We know this because we bring plenty of “bribes” with us when we wander out of our familiar home surroundings. Of course,we would never even think to stoop so low as to bring snacks and juice with us in the event of an emergency—but we do anyway just in…
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5 Steps You Should Take Now for Later
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Helpful tips for parents of disabled children For the past twenty years, there have been many pediatricians, educators, and government administrators who have recommended I sign my kid up for disability services. “Get him into the system” they would say. I flat out refused. My response was always the same, “ If he can work,…
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When Loving a Baby is Hard to Do
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I came across this baby snake on my walk yesterday. Not a fan of snakes, but not a fan of destroying a baby one either. Knowing this snake will grow into something only its mother could be proud of, this little guy made me think about how we treat people who do not look particularly…