by Guest Author | Oct 26, 2020 | Uncategorized
By Anonymous Parents of children with disabilities and special health care needs are a different breed. We are parents PLUS researchers, advocates, case managers, tutors, nurses, and coaches. A surprising amount of parents have more than one child with who is not...
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 Erin Croyle | Jul 17, 2017 | BABY, Diagnosis, Extended Family, Friends and Acquaintances, Grandparents, New Mom/Dad, RELATIONSHIPS
Time has tremendous healing powers. But the deepest cuts always leave a scar, regardless of how many years fly by. I was talking to a parent recently who was in that terrible time right after a diagnosis; the fog where you question everything. You think about every...
by Erin Croyle | Aug 24, 2015 | Elementary School, IEP, KIDS, Uncategorized
I cried during my son’s kindergarten tour. But it wasn’t for the reasons you think. Sure, it’s going to be weird to take him to school this fall. I can’t believe he’s 5 years old. Time has flown. I know I’ll shed a few tears dropping him off for his first day of...