How to Find Your Special Child’s Spark?
How to find your special child’s spark? Before you read any more of this article, take a moment and think of one that you really love to do. Now ask...
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Teaching Gratitude How to Teach Your Child Thankfulness
Gratitude can be a difficult subject to teach to children – many adults also struggle with the concept. Sometimes, saying thank you does not seem enough. Other times, we take...
Support Different-Ability Awareness
Spread Smiles & Acceptance – SMILE (Poster) Join us and promote ACCEPTANCE. It’s easy to do download, print out, and share this poster anywhere and everywhere. Put it up in...
List and Explanation of Disabilities for Disability Awareness Month
October Is Disability Awareness Month What is 22q? What is ABA Now Really? Apraxia: when the words just won’t come What is Asperger Syndrome? What is Autism? ASA Guide to...
College Programs: Closer Than You Think
College Programs At a time when other parents of high school students are busy looking into college options for their students, some parents may worry what that means for their...
Mommy’s Timeout: Koyoto Fall Colors
Take a time out and use visualization meditation to relax. Imagine yourself enjoying the fall colors in Koyoto, Japan. Take a couple of deep breaths and begin to let...
What Is Blindness/Visual Impairment?
What is Blindness/Visual Impairment? -Blindness: Complete or nearly complete vision loss Many people regard blindness as the inability to see at all or to discern light from darkness – Legally...
Independence and Self-Advocacy
Independence and Self-Advocacy Many years ago, I read a book by Jennie McCarthy. It was about her son and his journey with autism. Throughout the book, she referenced that her...
Break It Down Tech Tools for Task Analysis
Tech Tools for Task Analysis How do we teach our children independence? How do we define “independence”? Independence is usually defined differently by each parent based on their child’s abilities...
Hunter Syndrome: A Focus on Rare and Unique Disease
Hunter Syndrome From personality to appearance, every child is unique. Most characteristics are passed down to children from their parents’ DNA. If there is an error in this DNA, genetic...
