by Erin Croyle | Aug 19, 2019 | Finding Balance, Individuals, Parents, Self-Advocacy, Uncategorized, YOU
Our mission at the Center for Family Involvement is to work with families to increase their skills as advocates, mentors, and leaders so that families, children, and adults with disabilities can lead the lives they want. This mission has remained crystal clear since...
by Erin Croyle | Jul 19, 2019 | Advocacy, BABY, Child Find, Diagnosis, Elementary School, Extended Family, Finding Balance, Friends and Acquaintances, Grandparents, Help, High School, IEP, In-laws, KIDS, Marriage, Middle School, New Mom/Dad, Parents, PREGNANCY, Prenatal Diagnosis, Preschool, RELATIONSHIPS, Uncategorized, YOU
Parenting is one wild ride. We joke about it. But you never really grasp how wild until you’re in the thick of it. The ups and downs. Emotions flipping like switches. Throw disability into the mix – and you go from a classic wooden roller coaster to a triple loop...
by Erin Croyle | Jul 3, 2019 | Advocacy, BABY, Child Find, Elementary School, Extended Family, Finding Balance, Friends and Acquaintances, Grandparents, High School, IEP, Individuals, KIDS, Middle School, New Mom/Dad, Parents, RELATIONSHIPS, Self-Advocacy, Uncategorized, YOU
“Are you going to do something about this ‘situation?’” An older woman was referring to my son Arlo who was taking a his sweet time jumping off the diving board at our community pool. This is our normal. Most people at the pool know Arlo. He often takes 5...
by Erin Croyle | Apr 2, 2019 | Advocacy, Caregivers, Extended Family, Grandparents, Individuals, Marriage, Medical Team, Parents, RELATIONSHIPS, Self-Advocacy, Uncategorized, YOU
“I would rather die than ________.” Fill in the blank: not be able to walk, not be able to hear, not be able to see, not be able to _____. We hear this stuff all of the time. Some of us say it. My father had recited something to this affect until it happened to him....
by Erin Croyle | Jan 30, 2019 | BABY, Caregivers, Complications, Diagnosis, Extended Family, Finding Balance, Friends and Acquaintances, Grandparents, Help, In-laws, Marriage, New Mom/Dad, Parents, PREGNANCY, Prenatal Diagnosis, RELATIONSHIPS, YOU
We belong to a unique club of parents – when our children were born, or very young, we grieved and celebrated at the same time. We celebrated this beautiful child. Yet we grieved for the “healthy” child we were hoping for. We grieved for the parenting experience we...
