Though summer’s speeding by, it’s not too late for your child with special needs to enjoy a summer camp. Even if money’s tight or no camps meet your child’s needs, moms can create a memorable camp-like experience, thanks to Terri Mauro. Terri Mauro and Camp Mom Here’s what Terri says about why she started her first Camp Mom. “Finding a summer-camp experience that’s...

Welcome back for Part 4 of the interview with Greg Lucas, who blogs about living with Jake, his son who has special needs. If you haven’t read Part 1, Part 2 or Part 3 of this interview, you may want to go back and do so before diving in here. And be sure to visit Greg’s blog, Wrestling with an Angel, when you have the chance. Greg Lucas Interview, Part Four In this post, Greg shares his...

How many books about kids with special needs have you read? Probably more than you realize! Terri Mauro, at about.com, wants you to share your faves with others in the special needs community. She’s posted over 200 reviews, but knows she can’t read them all. So she provides four ways for other readers to add to her resource list. Here’s what she says to do. Add Your Review to One...

If you’re the parent of a child diagnosed with special needs, you know how hard it is to remember stuff. You need to remember doctor’s appointments and recommendations, medication dosages, reactions to medications, food allergies, behavioral issues and a whole lot more. Care Notebook But sleep-deprived, stressed parents can’t remember all that the stuff without help. And that’s...

If you were to ask me to recommend one resource for parents of kids with special needs, Terri Mauro’s site at About.com would be it. About Terri Mauro According to About.com, Terri is the mother of “two teenagers with special needs: a 19-year-old with language-based learning disabilities and a 16-year-old with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder, both adopted from Russia in 1994.” ...

Special family events during the holidays are supposed to be fun. But parents of special needs kids know that the excitement and extra stimulation those occasions create can be recipes for disaster. about.com Terri Mauro’s article at about.com has some great advice about how parents can engineer more successful holiday outings with special needs kids. Among other things, her common sense suggestions...