

Summertime: Not So Easy For Families Like Mine
Despite the longer days and warmer weather that come with summer, many parents of school-age children find themselves with a host of new...
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Depression and Special Needs Parenting
Many special needs parents battle unspeakable things under unimaginable amounts of pressure. It’s no wonder we sometimes suffer from...
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In and Out Of Our Lives: Helpers and Therapists
Note: This is the winning essay from the Spring 2023 Johnson County Writing Contest My daughter, JJ, has a rare progressive genetic...
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Germs: Special Needs Families and the Ever-Present Possibility of Illness
As I write this, my family is at the tail end of a long series of illnesses. For nearly four weeks, at least one of us was sick. We...
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Government Support: Families Receiving Help for Their Special Needs Children
I don’t believe in making my blog a political site. I want all people with all views to feel welcome here. However, government...
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Anger: Yes, Special Needs Parents Get Angry Too
When JJ received her Rett Syndrome diagnosis, I asked the therapist I was seeing what to expect in terms of grief. I wanted to have an...
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