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The majority of people do not understand what it’s like to live with being the parent of a child with special needs. It doesn’t even matter what your child’s issues are, the feelings that parents have all boil down to being the same set of emotions. While I can’t possibly explain to every non-special needs parent, I can give you my top 10 list of things to know about us. So, here goes:
I’m saying this a lot lately. Printable worksheets, checklists, and forms have saved my ass this last year. As a single mom with a child on the autism spectrum, I have a lot to keep track of. Sometimes the paperwork involved in keeping just one daughter in order is like managing the paperwork of 10 kids!
ADHD is a term that’s thrown around so often these days, and I’ll bet you’ve used it off hand to describe someone you know or even the behavior you’re exhibiting lately. We all assume we know what it means, and it’s used wrongly every day. It’s used to apply to everyone from a kid who misbehaves in school to an adult who has trouble focusing on a single TV or computer screen at a time, But, ADHD is actually a clinical diagnosis. Learning more about what ADHD is and is not can help you determine if you or someone you love warrants further testing.
For the last eight or nine years I’ve always had trouble explaining that I was single, but had help and was in a relationship. I don’t remember the exact date we divorced, but I felt alone and single long before that. Anyway, it got confusing to explain, but lately, I’ve really felt like a single mom. I mean REALLY felt like it.
Peer pressure sucks in more ways than you might think. However, trying to fit in is a good thing for your kids if they are in a group of kids with healthy goals. But, when there’s a negative pressure to fit in, your kid might make some really bad decisions.
While I can’t begin to tell you how to help each and every child with special needs, I can tell you how we’ve handled things in our own home for going back to school. It’s a tough time of year for most kids, but when you throw in the transition of changing from one structure to another (summer to school), our kids can turn upside down.
Despicable Me 2 Gifts For the Holidays Christmas is right around the corner. Even though we don’t identify with any particular religion at our house, we do the whole celebrate-the-Christmas-season-with expensive-gifts. However, with a child that has autism, I never know how happy the gifts will actually make her. Despicable Me 2 PVC 2 Inch […]
We had a great show with Sally Ross Brown today. There were some insights from being a special needs kid that Sally shared that really got my head spinning! She’s so open and funny. She’s also full of life and has a great spirit despite (or in spite of) having cerebral palsy for 60 years. Below is the post she wrote especially for our blog. You’ll also find the audio player for today’s show.
The school year is starting up for us next week. I can’t believe 2 months of camp and a trip to the hospital is already over with! But, school is full of anxiety for all of us in our house and Friday brought new worries. Let me explain why school is tough.