by Erin Croyle | Apr 22, 2018 | Life Hacks
It’s not easy being green. When you have young children it’s extremely challenging. If you or your child has a disability, it’s nearly impossible. From diapers well past the toddler years, to medical supplies, to therapy tools; even if we want to do what’s best for...
by Guest Author | Apr 10, 2018 | Extended Family, Finding Balance, Parents, RELATIONSHIPS, YOU
by Anonymous We live in a world of dualities, a word the Oxford English dictionary defines as an instance of opposition or contrast between two concepts or two aspects of something. Duality exists everywhere: in nature, in politics, in the arts, in families. And...
by Guest Author | Apr 9, 2018 | Advocacy, BABY, Diagnosis, Early Intervention, Individuals, Medical Team, Parents, RELATIONSHIPS, Self-Advocacy, Uncategorized, YOU
by Irene Schmalz I am the Liaison to the Deaf/Hard of Hearing at the Center for Family Involvement. My primary focus is to help parents who just found out their child has failed the newborn hearing screening and/or received the diagnosis of a hearing loss. As part of...
by Guest Author | Mar 26, 2018 | BABY, Diagnosis, Finding Balance, High School, Individuals, KIDS, New Mom/Dad, Parents, Work Life, YOU
by Angela West March is Cerebral Palsy Awareness Month. It is also Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month. In addition to raising awareness, we should be celebrating people with different needs and abilities. So often, when doctors diagnose a young child with...
by Guest Author | Mar 14, 2018 | Advocacy, BABY, Diagnosis, Extended Family, Friends and Acquaintances, Parents, RELATIONSHIPS, Uncategorized, YOU
by Jamie Bruen Recently it was mentioned how the world might be better without people with disabilities to a friend. She asked how I would have handled it, how words like that make me feel, if it is worth speaking out in anger. My son, Liam, is 99.9% physically...
by Erin Croyle | Mar 8, 2018 | Advocacy, Friends and Acquaintances, Individuals, Medical Team, Parents, RELATIONSHIPS, Self-Advocacy, Uncategorized, YOU
We are well into the age of the internet where nasty Yelp reviews and Facebook rants rule. We have every right to air our grievances and report wrongdoing. It needs to be done so poor treatment isn’t repeated. But it is so easy to get sucked into this cycle of...
