Tag: acceptance
member name: Maureen M.
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August 04, 2008 12:21 AM EDT --
I was washing my son's clothes the other day when I came across what he had done to his socks. He's in his 20's now but sensory integration - how things feel when they touch . . .
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July 05, 2008 02:06 PM EDT --
Ah what we, parents of disabled children, could teach lawyers about this topic. Here's what I've learned.
1. Be passionate about what you are trying to do. Always stick up for . . .
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August 02, 2008 05:27 PM EDT --
Someone in our support group had mentioned that the greatest disability our children had was: they didn't "look handicapped". With some disabilities it is visible and with . . .
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August 02, 2008 05:35 PM EDT --
I can't even remember where I heard the phrase but it has saved my sanity more times than I can think of. But here is the best definition I have of it. A Magic Chuckle is something that happens to . . .
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July 04, 2008 10:35 AM EDT --
The whole concept of what is "normal" shifted dramatically when I discovered I was the parent of a child with a disability. I touched on it briefly before. It's all a matter of . . .
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July 08, 2008 01:34 PM EDT --
I remember, so clearly, the day I was told my child had a disability. It was an explosion of emotions. Some emotions were conflicting which didn't make acceptance occur in a smooth motion. . . .
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July 04, 2008 10:31 AM EDT --
It came to me in a flash! I was trying to think of a name for this blog. I wanted it to be for parents of disabled children and I wanted it to be short. If I just said "handicapped parents", . . .
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July 04, 2008 10:34 AM EDT --
Like a lot of parents who have a child with a disability, I belong to a support group. In this group, we all have a child with the same disability. Like a lot of parents who have a . . .
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