Recognizing the Early Signs of Neurodivergence in our Extraordinary Ones
What I Wish I Knew When We First Started Wondering Our Story Started with a Hunch My wife Sarah and I started noticing small things with our son, John. He [...]
Dear Special Needs Child: I Love You
I’d like to pose a bold question with a simple answer: Can we fully love our special needs children even when we can’t tell if they love us back? Yes. [...]
IEP: 3 letters that carry so much weight in our Special Needs world
We pulled up to the elementary school dressed for success with our outline typed up and tucked safely in a manila folder. The rest of our team was already seated [...]
These are Difficult AND Irregular Times for Special Needs Parents
My son Sam plays the piano. Actually, I would say he's a legit pianist. He doesn’t like public attention so you would never know unless you heard him practicing in [...]
Advocating for our Extraordinary ones – if not us, then who?
Whether a parent of an extraordinary child wants to admit it or not, our children need us in more ways than most. And one of those daunting ways is as [...]