When it comes to special needs families, the topic of sympathy can involve a surprisingly diverse range of emotions and elicit a wide...

Note: This is the winning essay from the Spring 2023 Johnson County Writing Contest My daughter, JJ, has a rare progressive genetic...

“No one’s problem is more or less important than anyone else’s.” “Everyone is dealing with something.” “We all have our own struggles,...

One day, when I was feeling particularly sad and alone, I googled “special needs parents” and “mental health.” I wasn’t surprised to find...

My family lives in a quiet cul-de-sac—a peaceful little tree-lined oasis—with ten young children in the nearby homes. It’s really the...

It’s not exactly breaking news that social media and the internet are both a blessing and a curse. But when it comes to special needs...

When we first learned our daughter had special needs, my husband mentioned it to his physician at his yearly physical. It turned out that...

Christmas cards are an inescapable fact of life these days, especially if you have young children. Like us, most of our friends have...