Dealing With Public Perceptions

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January is National Birth Defects Prevention Month, National Blood Donor Month and National Migraine Awareness Month.

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October 11, 2008

October 9, 2008

  • Filtering Friends

    Does your child filter your friends?
    I was thinking about this when considering who to invite to my birthday celebration in a couple of weeks. (…)

  • A Life Worth Living

    I first read the article I'm about to share with you a few days ago. I hesitated for a moment to share it due to it's obvious religious overtones.
    But the story is true. (…)

September 30, 2008

  • Talking About Your Child's Special Needs

    Based on this post, many of you asked my thoughts on specific issues. Last week I began writing about the requested topics.

    Talking to people about your child's special needs can be difficult. (…)

September 28, 2008

September 23, 2008

  • Where Is That Invisibility Cloak?

    Based on my post of last week, many of you asked my thoughts on dealing with behavior issues, meltdowns in the public eye and when and how to inform other people of your child's "invisible" special needs. (…)

September 18, 2008

  • Lada Owner's Club

    This is based on an older blog post of mine, back when I started about 3 years ago. (…)

September 17, 2008

  • What Do YOU Expect?

    Compliance – no, not the legal kind – the kind that is expected of our children with disabilities. (…)

September 10, 2008

  • Why Not Ask?

    In my 47th ranked state (in services provided to people with disabilities), it seems that most children and adults with developmental disabilities love going bowling and to the mall. (…)

  • Special Exposure Wednesday ~ Our New Blog Button

    Please join me in congratulating Shannon of Gabi's World as the winner in our first Special Exposure Model Search Photo Contest. (…)

September 4, 2008

September 3, 2008

  • Expecting Too Much?

    Unfortunately the conversation related below actually took place. And even though it was five years ago, it probably won’t surprise some parents that not much has changed. (…)

  • Building Bridges

    We've seen the looks. We've heard the comments. We've witnessed the pity as you have compared our child to yours.
    And released a sigh of gratitude. (…)

August 27, 2008

  • Please Don't Leave

    I’ve read posts by several bloggers recently on the subject of lost friends – people who leave your life once you have a child with disabilities. (…)

  • Take Two Minutes. Save 100 Lives.

    If you could help save a child's life with just a few clicks of your mouse and two minutes of your time , would you? (…)

August 20, 2008

  • RTFM

    Again this morning, I had to explain to the aide on my daughter’s school bus that my daughter is deaf and blind. (…)

  • Plays Well With Others

    Yesterday Parker had the opportunity to play with a couple of friends, who along with their parents, stopped by for a quick visit. (…)

August 15, 2008

  • Should I be here?

    I remember hearing someone once say, that if you were with a group of people and everyone was to chuck their problems onto the table, you would quietly grab your own and sneak back out of the room. (…)

August 11, 2008