Special Needs Parents: Build Bridges for Your Child’s Success
When I was teaching special needs students, I kept a small paper on the wall above the phone in my classroom in the event there was a call from a parent who …
Topic: Support
Special Needs Parents, Every Time the Phone Rings……….
“It seems like every time the phone rings I jump.” Not a week goes by without a parent of a child with a disability echoing these words in my office. Is it …
Groundhog Day for a Father of a Son with Autism, Part 2
This is a continuation from Part 1 My head felt like it was going to explode when my son was diagnosed with autism in the mid-1980s. The diagnosis explained …
Groundhog Day for a Father of a Son with Autism,Part 1
“Groundhog Day” has become part of our everyday lingo, based upon the 1993 movie. The term has come to mean an unpleasant situation that repeats …
4 Tips for Parents of Children with Special Needs
What does it mean to be the parent of a child with special needs? From the time you, your child and your family get the diagnosis, whatever it may be, your …
Social Security and Special Needs Young Adults
My 26 year old son is a higher functioning individual on the autism spectrum disorder. I read an article in 2003 that was filled with a lot of information …
Special Needs Parents, Moments of Joy
Not Available on Demand His 5 year old boy was not interested in playing catch with his father. Instead he kept placing a marble at the top of his marble run …
Dr. Temple Grandin ~ Her Thoughts on the Autism Diagnosis
Ways to Help Children with Autism Recently I had the honor of interviewing Dr. Temple Grandin, a world famous adult with autism, author, speaker and …
Reflections on Awareness, Acceptance, and Appreciation
Lessons from a Father of a Son with Autism Every individual on the autism spectrum has strengths as well as challenges. Awareness is just the beginning for …
Caring for a Child with Autism
Taking care of you and him “Take care of yourself so you can take better care of your loved one”. We hear this all the time and it’s wonderful and …