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Special Needs and the Mystery of Sleep

Daniel Bennion2020-06-23T03:19:14+00:00June 23rd, 2020|Parenting|

“I love sleep. I need sleep. We all do, of course. There are those people that don't need sleep. I think they're called 'successful.”  ― Jim Gaffigan, Dad Is Fat [...]

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These are Difficult AND Irregular Times for Special Needs Parents

Daniel Bennion2020-05-22T03:21:55+00:00May 22nd, 2020|Special Needs|

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 [...]

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We, The Parents of Autism

Daniel Bennion2020-02-08T20:32:21+00:00February 8th, 2020|Parenting|

A beautiful poem by a great friend of ours and fellow parent of a son with autism.  Our John shares a van to school with their son, and it's been [...]

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  • Advocacy for Special Needs Children

Advocating for our Extraordinary ones – if not us, then who?

Daniel Bennion2020-01-17T14:08:14+00:00January 3rd, 2020|Special Needs|

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 [...]

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  • Post Aggression Sentiment

Aggression: It’s Time to Talk About it

Daniel Bennion2020-01-09T17:56:38+00:00August 2nd, 2019|Special Needs|

This will feel somewhat like the Polar Bear Plunge.   We’re swan diving into the freezing waters of difficult topics with no wetsuit on.  Aggression isn’t often talked about in [...]

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