Common Mistakes Parents Make with Their Special Needs Trusts
We meet a number of families each year that have already met with a planner in an attempt to design a special needs plan. The plans are put together with...
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How to Use Choices and Preferences to Improve Cooperation
How to Use Choices and Preferences to Improve Cooperation We’re going to begin this article by stating the obvious: “People perform better – and, in general, behave better – when...
Fitness Equipment Worth Buying
Fitness Equipment Worth Buying Over nearly a decade of providing fitness programs for the autism and special needs populations, I have played around and tested a good abundance of different...
Wrapping Paper Game
Wrapping Paper Game Picture this: Everyone has opened their presents and played with their toys. The living room is strewn with wrapping paper and ribbons, you’ve already eaten, it’s too...
Proud Moments: Wyatt “Better than Hearing an Angel Sing”
Inspired by Wyatt December 27, 2009 Dear Editor, On December 25, 1864 Henry Wadsworth Longfellow penned the Christmas poem, “I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day,” the famous words...
GFCF Holiday Recipes and Hints on Eating Outside of the Home
GFCF Holiday Recipes The holiday season is upon us. Most of us enjoy this season, a time to be with friends and family, giving and receiving gifts and cards and...
Holiday Gift Guide: Give Gifts That Fuel Creativity, Create Music and Challenge Your Child to Learn
Holiday Gift Guide Make Your Own Sock Puppets Puppets Make Your Own Sock Puppets Puppets are a powerful way for both parents and kids to tell stories. Get your child...
Our Little Angel
When we last wrote about our little angel, Jayson, he was in his first year of many medical conditions that he would be encountering. Although it was an extremely stressful...
Families Who Receive Grant Money: Do They Belong to a Secret Society?
I’ve heard more than one parent of a Special Needs child talk about getting a grant for this or that over the years. When pressed for details, the answer is...
Real Life with Eustacia Cutler
Eustacia Cutler Mother of four children. Her oldest child is Temple Grandin, who has become a successful person with autism in the world today. Of all the incredible people I’ve...
