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Sunday Shout-Out: Special Dreams Farm
I came to know about Special Dreams Farm in a very roundabout way. I happened to go to a party hosted by a woman I’ve known and worked with for a long time, and one of her aunts happened to … Continue...
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Sunday Shout-Out: My New-ish Community
Since I started this blog in July, I have come across some really fantastic people who are also blogging about having kids with special needs, and they have been warm and welcoming. I am beginning to...
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Grief, Beauty, & Inspiration
My uncle died last week. He was 80, but it still came as a shock to everyone. I was not very close to him, but I was sad for my aunt, and for my cousin who has Down’s Syndrome. They … Continue...
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A Look Back at October
Can you believe it’s November? Here are some of the top posts from October you may have missed: One of the Toughest Things The irony of autism is its unpredictability, when the person with autism...
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Meltdowns, Blame & Brains
The glasses we found in Myrtle Beach broke. In the parking lot to The Boy’s favorite restaurant the other night – the lens had been popping off, and it popped off onto the concrete, and promptly broke...
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Don’t Knock Awareness
I keep seeing facebook and blog posts, and tweets stating that awareness is just not enough. Of course awareness is not enough. Acceptance would be lovely, access to therapies, respite care and...
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Your Most Pressing Liebster Questions, Answered!
Well, Meredith from Looking Up With Down Syndrome nominated me for the Liebster Award, and I’m going to attempt to answer a few of her questions today. 1. Why do you blog? I have always loved to...
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Not for Wussies
Making a major life change is difficult. Making several at the same time is not for wussies. I updated you last week on how we’re doing – quite well, actually. But not everything is sunshine and...
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We Need to Care More About Mental Health Care, Starting in the Schools
I was just watching some commentary on the Navy Yard Shootings that occurred a short time ago, and indeed how mundane these mass shootings are seeming. No one even appeared to take notice of this last...
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Desperation
A friend sent me a tragic news story about a father of a young man with autism, who had been caring for him alone, and had health problems of his own who had ended up taking the young man’s life …...
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One of the downsides to living where we live is that it is difficult to find some kinds of medical care for The Boy. Medicaid covers quite a bit, and I am so, so grateful. But not all providers take …...
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