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DATING AND DISABILITY

DATING AND DISABILITY

by Guest Author | Feb 14, 2018 | Friends and Acquaintances, Help, Individuals, Marriage, Parents, RELATIONSHIPS, Self-Advocacy, Uncategorized, YOU

by Angela West This Valentine’s Day I want to share my experiences talking with parents about relationships and love. So often, parents tell me that they are scared that their child with disabilities will not understand the complications of having a relationship. They...
THE RELATIONSHIP MYTH

THE RELATIONSHIP MYTH

by Guest Author | Feb 15, 2017 | Friends and Acquaintances, Home Life, Individuals, Marriage, RELATIONSHIPS, YOU

by Angela West Valentine’s Day is over but love is still in the air – which makes it the perfect time to address relationships. More specifically, I want to talk about how people with disabilities manage their romantic relationships in a world that often sees us...
HOW TO MAKE FRIENDS AND NOT ALIENATE PEOPLE

HOW TO MAKE FRIENDS AND NOT ALIENATE PEOPLE

by Erin Croyle | Oct 11, 2016 | Finding Balance, Friends and Acquaintances, Parents, RELATIONSHIPS, YOU

Maintaining meaningful friendships can be hard. It gets harder when you have kids because our children become the center of our universe. By default we hang out with the parents of our kids’ friends. And when you have a child with a disability, it can be next to...

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