by Joe and Cindi Ferrini | Feb 20, 2017 | Autism, Living Life Daily, Special Needs Parenting
Those of us caring for children with disabilities are used to hearing people say things like, “They look fine to me.”There are, indeed, some children with disabilities that have few visible appearances that would make them stand out as special in some way....
by Mike George | Feb 17, 2017 | Special Needs Parenting
Last week’s Gospel reading was that of “The Beatitudes.” I’m sure you all know it …“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven…”“Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy…”“Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be...
by Sandra Peoples | Feb 16, 2017 | Families, Parents
Lee and I sat in a therapist’s office yesterday and told our story. It was our first session and our first time to meet our therapist, Jane. “Whoa,” she said when we talked about James’s diagnosis, how we reacted to that news, and the years...
by Key Ministry | Feb 15, 2017 | Autism, Special Needs Parenting
I’m a warm weather girl. Give me heat and sunshine, long days with bright flowers bursting from the plants and trees. I grew up with a perpetual growing season, year round tropical temperatures and flowers everywhere. The NE winter has been a persistent shock. After...
by Key Ministry | Feb 14, 2017 | Care and Support, Depression
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs … who isn’t familiar with their whistling while they work? I can still hear the clink and clank of their mining tools, the whistling as they walked home, the magic of those old Disney movies seems to stay with us. But what happens...
