by Barb Dittrich | Jul 19, 2017 | Living Life Daily, Special Needs Parenting
When your child is little, everyone tells you, “They grow up so fast!” I recall feeling quite the opposite when my children were tiny. Despite my best efforts, I felt disorganized, inadequate, and like I was walking through a mine field trying to manage my...
by Barb Dittrich | Jun 13, 2017 | Living Life Daily, Special Needs Parenting
In a disagreeable age, I think that one thing everyone can agree upon is that tensions are running high. Government, particularly politics, is making civil dialog seem nearly impossible these days. It appears everyone has an opinion and that opinion is strong, to say...
by Key Ministry | Apr 21, 2017 | Living Life Daily, Special Needs Parenting
It so easy as caregivers and special needs parents to feel like all we can do is help the ones we take care of because God knows that in and of itself is enough. Meeting the needs of a special needs child can be a 24/7 job everyday that can take over our life and...
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 Key Ministry | Jan 11, 2017 | Living Life Daily, Special Needs Parenting
On New Year’s Eve, I sat cross-legged on my bed, staring at a blinking cursor and a blank screen. This is a kind of torture particular to writers, and I know it well. Grace ambled in with a book after lunch. It was a book we’d given her for Christmas, Infomaniac:...
by Barb Dittrich | Dec 21, 2016 | Hope, Living Life Daily, Special Needs Parenting
You followed all of the advice. With tenderness and care, you purchased all of the tagless clothes and made the sensory-friendly accommodations. You examined all of the lists for the best Christmas toys for children with special needs. And you made dietary choices...
