by John Fela (Felageller) | Jan 31, 2020 | Autism, Church, Special Needs Parenting
One of the greatest struggles that Christian parents of special needs children deal with is finding and maintaining a church home in which their child is welcomed, supported and included in the life and community of the church. This is also the mission of many faith...
by Catherine Boyle | Jan 30, 2020 | Autism, Church Support, Mental Health
Last month, I was invited to attend the Autism Speaks Thought Leadership Summit on Achieving Health Equity in Washington, DC. Hosted in a conference room at the Museum of the American Indian on the National Mall, midway between the White House and Capitol Hill, an...
by Sarah Broady | Jan 29, 2020 | Autism, Scripture, Special Needs Parenting
I began writing this series, Post Tenebras Lux, for the purpose of offering the only thing I have to give those who are weary, grieving, and hopeless, including myself: hope. In the midst of pain, fear, sorrow, disappointment and shattered dreams, there is only one...
by Key Ministry | Jan 28, 2020 | Hope, Stories
We were at lunch after a seminar in Ohio when I suddenly had a huge black spot in my vision. Having a very complicated set of eye diagnoses that caused my visual impairment, I was fairly used to strange visual symptoms, but this one was new. An eight hour drive from...
by Jolene Philo | Jan 27, 2020 | Medically Fragile, Special Needs Parenting, Spiritual Growth
20/20 hindsight about our child with special needs was a long time coming. When our son was born in 1982, the doctor said he had a tracheoesophageal fistula TEF, now known as esophageal atresia (EA) or EA/TEF.We were young.We were first time parents.We were expecting...
