by Key Ministry | Feb 5, 2020 | Autism, Special Needs Parenting
It has been a challenging few months. September last year saw everyone back at school or college for another year. But for one of ours, it has become the year that feels like one year too many. School routines, expectations and the energy needed to get along and fit...
by Sandra Peoples | Feb 3, 2020 | Autism, Challenges, Special Needs Parenting
There are times in all of our lives when the stress level goes up a few notches. Maybe your son is in the hospital. Maybe you’re moving. Maybe your daughter is trying a new medicine and you can’t get the dosage figured out, so she isn’t sleeping and doesn’t want to...
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 10, 2020 | Autism, Special Needs Parenting, Spiritual Growth
As we move into the new year—how can it possibly be 2020?!—this poem by Howard Thurman, an African-American theologian, educator, and civil rights leader, seems to be the perfect jumping off point for reflection: The Work of Christmas When the song of the angels is...
