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Halloween & Special Needs: How to Make it Fun for Every Child

Halloween & Special Needs: How to Make it Fun for Every Child

While Halloween is a fun time of year for many children, it can be a really difficult time for some, including many children with additional/special needs. For them it can be a confusing, anxiety-inducing, or even utterly terrifying time. But it doesn’t have to be like that. If we stop for a moment to think about the things they might find hard and how to put things in place to help them, children with special needs can safely join in the fun, too. So what are some of the things about Halloween that children with additional needs can find hard?

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Is She Going to Be Okay?: A Parent’s Perspective on Down syndrome Awareness Month

Is She Going to Be Okay?: A Parent’s Perspective on Down syndrome Awareness Month

I vividly remember the moment the pediatrician gently told my husband and I that our newborn was not the picture of health we envisioned. Just hours after her birth, I was resting in the hospital bed dressed in a stylish oversized gown. I was counting down the hours until we were discharged with only normal, first-time parent worries crossing my mind. Then, everything changed.

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