by Sarah Broady | May 17, 2019 | Autism, Rare Diagnosis, Special Needs Parenting
Stories. It’s the reason why we have libraries and blogs and magazines and newspapers. It’s the sole target of every journalist and news anchor—to get the story, and be the first to report it. Stories are why we are invested in social media: why we scroll...
by Hunter and Amberle Brown | May 16, 2019 | Advocacy, Culture of Life, Special Needs Ministry
I stood at the front of a chapel a few weeks ago, the spring Baltimore sunshine cutting through stained glass. Facing me, thirty-one individuals stood. Nearly one third of the room. These thirty-one people were standing to represent the 31.9% of non-institutionalized...
by Sarah McGuire | May 15, 2019 | Special Needs Parenting, Spiritual Growth
My one-year old son had been sick since he was three weeks old: screaming, writhing, projectile vomiting every time he ate, anal fissures, bashing his head into hard surfaces, rashes, not sleeping for more than twenty minutes at a time, and more. My husband, myself,...
by Catherine Boyle | May 14, 2019 | Autism, Bipolar Disorder, Mental Health
As I listened to one of my favorite podcasts, I heard a revered theologian—a completely rational man—talk about the significant spiritual warfare that had come against him in recent years, as well as at the time he became a follower of Christ. In the same week, I had...
by Key Ministry | May 13, 2019 | Autism, Special Needs Parenting
We have spent some of our Easter holiday digging a back garden pond – together! It’s been logistically complicated at times with lots of different needs to juggle. We ended up encouraging our youngest to bring out a trowel and paint brush to do some archaeology...