Jan 27, 2012 Posted by Jolene

The Solution to Amy’s Worst Nightmare

In yesterday’s post, guest blogger Amy Stout described her worst nightmare – being separated from her daughter Kylie in a crowded place. She also shared the seeds of the solution that could put her dream to rest forever. A fashionable safety harness. In this post, she explains the process of designing the halter and shows us pictures. Prepare to be impressed! A Fashionable Safety Harness I... read more

Jan 26, 2012 Posted by Jolene

What’s Your Worst Special Needs Nightmare?

  What’s your worst special needs parenting nightmare? Can you narrow it down to just one? Guest blogger Amy Stout can pinpoint hers in a thumping heartbeat. It’s the topic of today’s guest post. See if you can identify with her deepest fear…and with the seed of her idea about how to overcome it. My Worst Nightmare It is a glorious day. I am clutching her precious baby hand... read more

Jan 25, 2012 Posted by Jolene

Day Dreaming about the Accessibility Summit, 2012

With its cold weather and limited daylight hours, January is not my favorite month. So I’ve been using the 2012 Accessibility Summit at McLean Bible Church (in Washington, DC) as a coping mechanism. Day Dreaming About the Accessibility Summit When the cold and dark close in and I go a little crazy, an almost daily event, I day dream about being at the conference April 20-21. I day dream of being in... read more

Jan 24, 2012 Posted by Jolene

EA/TEF Tuesday Is Back

Whoa, it seem like EA/TEF Awareness Month just started, but only a little more than a week of January remains. Win a Free Book! Though the end of the month is drawing nearer, you still have time to enter the drawing for one of my books for parents of kids with special needs. To enter the drawing so you have a chance to win either A Different Dream for My Child or Different Dream Parenting, go to this... read more

Jan 23, 2012 Posted by Jolene

When the Pastor’s Daughter Has Special Needs

I am so thankful for friends like Amy Fenton Lee who blogs at www.theinclusivechurch.com. She often visits churches with special needs ministries and then posts what she learns (including pictures and paperwork and policies) so the rest of us don’t have to reinvent the special needs ministry wheel. But once in a while, she blogs about something different, like this guest post from Gillian... read more