What Is Special Needs Parenting Magazine?
A few days ago, I blogged about Barb Dittrich and her ministry’s website which Twitter helped me locate. Today’s post is about another Twitter find, Special Needs Parenting Magazine.
Special Needs Parenting Magazine
The magazine is an online publication which comes out six times a year. It was founded by Chantai Snellgrove who is the parent of a special needs child. The premier issue was launched in September/October of 2008. Many, if not all, of the articles are written by parents of children with special needs. The magazine has several Q & A columns on a variety of topics.
Planning for the Future
The theme of the January/February 2010 issue is financial, estate and tax planning so adults with special needs are provided for when their parents are no longer living. Feature articles include:
- A Special Needs Planning Timeline: 9 Steps to a Sound Family Plan
- Q & A on Estate Planning for Children with Special Needs
- An Affordable Proposal for Guardianship: The Special Needs Tax Credit Bill
- Special Needs (Or Supplemental Needs) Trust 101
The articles are written in language I could understand, even though financial planning and investment is not my cup of tea.
Browse www.parentingspecialneeds.org
The magazine had other articles on parenting, trimming your grocery bill, relationships, and a surprising wide variety of topics. You can browse the magazine’s website at www.parentingspecialneeds.org. Readers are encouraged to subscribe, even though publication is free and can be read without going through the process. However, you won’t receive the newsletter unless you subscribe.
Submit an Article
Once you’re familiar with the type of articles published in Parenting Special Needs, you might have an idea for an article. If so, study their submission guidelines before you start crafting your story. Then start writing. Who knows what your first story could lead to?
Twitter, Twitter, Twitter
Now that you’ve seen some of my great Twitter finds, don’t you think it’s time for you to join, too? To get started, click on the Twitter button to the right and slightly above this post. Go ahead. You can do it!
See you on Twitter,
Jolene Philo
Dear Jolene,
THANK YOU!!!!! I just finished reading this amazing book and am so filled with restoration. I have read and read and read other books about grief and about special needs and loss of a child but this is the first book that has covered all aspects and validated my feelings in such a positive way!!! My child has a rare life threatening disease called Mucolipidosis or I-Cell disease. There is no cure, no treatment and life expectancy is usually within the first decade. I also have had another crisis in our life as well this past year that has had me questioning everything so it was divine intervention that I logged on to daily devotions one day a few months back and saw this book and ordered it on the spot.
It has helped me soooooo much!!!
My dream for my son, Zachie, used to be a cure but these days the only dream I really have is that he continue bringing joy to others as he already does!! It is by far the best thing a mother could ask for before or after the death of a child; to know that child changed someone else’s life as he changed mine. His happiness is infectious and unforgettable and most of all, I believe the reason for his life!
Thank You so much for sharing your life and lessons so candidly, It made all the difference!! In fact, I’ve already recommended it to a group of ML families!!
Sincerely,
Brenda Haggett
God Bless!!