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Epilepsy Awareness Month: 5 Ways we #DareTo Overcome Challenges
November is Epilepsy Awareness Month, and the Epilepsy Foundation is continuing its #DareTo campaign on social media to educate the public about how people with epilepsy can overcome challenges while...
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Six Children’s Books on Diversity and Acceptance of Self and Others
So often children feel they are “different” than their peers. Whether it is a perception or a reality that one doesn’t fit in, it can be a painful experience. These children must be listened to and...
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21 Stress Free Tips for Teaching Your Child with Special Needs to Dress...
Learning to dress themselves is an important milestone for children. It requires patience and persistence (from both parties) but it teaches them some really useful skills, as they learn to name types...
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Can Adults with Developmental Disabilities Brew Beer?
Can Adults with Developmental Disabilities Brew Beer? Brewability is brewing creative employment opportunities for adults with special needs.
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3 Quick Tips For Language Development With Nonverbal Children
No matter where your child is on the spectrum of language abilities, it’s important to determine what your child is comfortable with, what challenges them, and what they respond to. Here are three...
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5 Resources to Help your Child with Reading Comprehension
For many students with developmental delays, comprehension is the biggest roadblock on the path to reading success. Here are 5 comprehension resources that have been most useful to my family.
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What you need to know about Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
For many, understanding Social Security and SSI (Supplemental Security Income) can be pretty confusing. Here is an article that helps explain the basics.
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#nofilter: What my Child with Autism says to Strangers
Every time he opens his mouth, I wonder what he will say because if he thinks something, he says it. If it’s on his mind, it’s out of his mouth.
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8 Ways you can Dress your Child for Sensory Friendly Success
Dressing in a sensory smart way can be the difference between comfort and misery or attention and distraction. Here are 8 tips for Sensory friendly Dressing for Success.
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A Recap Of November’s Special Needs News
With November now behind us, we look forward to a month of more holiday celebrations with more time spent around family and friends. While we’re with family or friends (and enjoying ourselves), many...
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15 Stress-Reducing Holiday Tips for Families with Special Needs
Holiday time is a joyous time to spend with family, loved ones and friends. It is also a time to be thankful, give to others, exchange gifts, and wish for peace. In terms of my own special family, I...
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The Latest Number in Autism is 1 in 45: What Does It Mean?
In November, the National Health Interview Survey, an annual survey administered by the U.S. Census Bureau since 1957, published results stating that 1 in 45 American children between the ages of 3 and...
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5 Suggestions for Using Rhythm in Music to Assist Movement
About Rhythm Ever felt like tapping your leg to the music? Ever felt your body involuntarily want to move when the music starts playing? The secret ingredient that makes us want to do this is the beat...
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7 Ways a Child with Special Needs is Like the Maccabees
After thinking about the heroic actions of the Maccabees, I thought there quite a few similarities between the Maccabees and a child with special needs.
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18 Favorite Fidgets for a Child with Special Needs this Holiday Season
Fall flies by in the blink of an eye, and unfortunately for this eye-catching season of changing colors, there are some times when you just can’t get outside to enjoy the falling leaves and fresh air...
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7 Conversation Starters No Parent Wants to Hear
When it comes to difficult conversations, every parent, whether they have a child with special needs or not knows when they hear one of these starters that a slippery slope could lay ahead.
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The Top 10 Tactile and Gross Motor Toys for 2015
We’ve selected our best of 2015 sensory-motor toys that will be sure to keep children engaged, thinking, creating and moving! As a product developer, physical therapist and mom, these toys are top of...
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5 Products for Kids with Special Needs That You Didn’t Know You Needed
Life with special needs means solving one problem after another until the day is done. Here are 5 unique items that can help with issues typically encountered by families with special needs.
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5 Books on Autism That Bring Hope, Practical Help & Happier Days
Parents all over the world will be able to relate and be moved by these wonderful autism books written by authors from Australia, Canada and the United States. Small world, right? While these five...
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A ‘To-Don’t’ List For Special Needs Parents: The Classic Cheat Sheet
Caring for our children with special needs is often a full-time job, which leaves little time and energy for the wholesome nurturing of ourselves; the tired, overworked and undernourished special needs...
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