by Lisa Pelissier | Apr 17, 2024 | Advocacy, Encouragement, Special Needs Parenting
The Weight of Silence as Parents of Kids with Invisible Disabilities The weight of silence as parents of kids with disabilities is all too familiar to guest blogger Lisa Pelissier. In this post she explains why she and other parents don’t talk about what’s going on...
by admin | Mar 13, 2024 | Advocacy, Encouragement, Special Needs Parenting
Choosing Acceptance and Advocacy as Parents of Kids with Disabilities Choosing acceptance and advocacy as parents of kids with disabilities takes time. Today’s guest blogger, who wishes to remain anonymous, talks about making that choice as a parent many years ago and...
by Mark Arnold | Sep 6, 2023 | Advocacy, Special Needs Ministry, Special Needs Parenting, Spiritual Support
Hello! Means the World to Those with Disabilities and Special Needs Hello means the world to those with disabilities and special needs. In this post, guest blogger Mark Arnold describes what a greeting reveals about the person who’s saying hello. You can tell a lot...
by Sandy Ramsey-Trayvick | Dec 21, 2022 | Advocacy, Special Needs Parenting
Setting Goals for Adult Children with Disabilities Matters Setting goals for adult children with disabilities matters to Sandy Ramsey-Trayvick. When she and her husband approached the program director who works with their son Myles about setting goals for 2023, the...
by Catherine Boyle | Jan 20, 2022 | Advocacy, Spiritual Support
How Parents Can Stay Strong When Advocacy Efforts Seem to Fall Short How parents can stay strong when advocacy efforts seem to fall short at every turn is something Catherine Boyle knows about. She struggled with that question repeatedly while raising her children and...
by Trish Shaeffer | Aug 12, 2021 | Advocacy
Professional Bullying Is Not Okay Professional bullying is not okay. Guest blogger Trish Shaeffer has come to recognize this tactic–not from every care professional who works with her son, of course–and to advocate on his behalf. Today she encourages you to do the...
