by Lamar Hardwick | Jul 12, 2018 | Adult Advocates, Advocacy, Autism, Spiritual Development, Strategies
“As for me, my life has already been poured out as an offering to God. “(2 Timothy 4:6 NLT)My wife and I have three beautiful boys. Our youngest is five years old. One of the things that he loves to do on his own is to pour his own drink. The other day he...
by Key Ministry | Jul 10, 2018 | Autism, Families, Hidden Disabilities, Inclusion, Resources
Our family took a year-by-year approach to education for our kids. Each of our kids attended both public school and private Christian school, with a little homeschooling thrown in. There are benefits and drawbacks to each approach. I never expected that our...
by Key Ministry | Jul 9, 2018 | Autism, Challenges, Special Needs Parenting
I am leading a camp for teens and adults with disabilities this summer. It has been so much fun! Our weekly theme for the week is self-control. I thought no big deal, I got this. We start the week watching a short video and then talking about what it...
by Key Ministry | Jun 27, 2018 | Autism, Challenges, Special Needs Parenting
It is that time of year again, exam time!With all of our three children presently in mainstream schooling it’s unavoidable, this term in the UK is all about the academic testing. And this year for the first time it is affecting all of them, and for our oldest it is a...
by Key Ministry | Jun 11, 2018 | Autism, Challenges, Special Needs Parenting
Today was a really hard day.It was the ending to something that I created on my own to help my son.He was there getting support for over eight years.Now it is done.When my son was about four years old and was struggling to use his words transitions were absolutely...
by Sarah Broady | Jun 8, 2018 | Autism, Challenges, Special Needs Parenting
We were on vacation and my mom and I decided to go out shopping. It was a drizzly day and not very conducive to lounging on the beach, so we hit up the local shops. Browsing around one boutique, we heard what we thought was the air conditioning kick in. And then we...
