So recently I was lucky enough to connect with Sunday Stilwell of Adventures in Extreme Parenthood and the first thought that came to mind after I read through her blog was “Where the hell have I been?” Sunday is all kinds of cool but her Special Needs Ryan Gosling series is what puts the icing…
I Know You Are But What Am I?
Andrew LOVES to watch YouTube on his iPad and we’ve caught on to the fact that it’s a great reinforcer when we want to get him to do anything from finishing his vegetables to doing the laundry. Okay. The laundry not so much but I can usually get him to eat an extra carrot or…
His Hands Hurt Me
He comes to me his hands bloodied covered in raw wounds but there are no tears He doesn’t know what to do so he holds his hands out to me red swollen limp and i feel a shudder invade my heart I kiss them lingering wondering hating and i taste the blood on…
How an iPad can give a voice to special needs children
Andrew is kicking some serious communication ass thanks to his iPad (which, if you recall, he received from a guardian angel by the name of Gary James back in August of this year). I’ve written a pretty fantabulous article about the whole darn thing for my column with OC Moms for The Orange County Register…
Special needs girl bullied at the hands of Ohio teacher, classroom aide
It’s a nightmare that has played out over and over in my head: My helpless special needs son being abused at the hands of an evil force preying on the weaknesses of an innocent child just because he’s an easy target. I mean, who would Andrew tell? How would we, as his parents ever really…
Friends.
His name is Colin and he’ll melt your heart (trust me, I’ve experienced it firsthand) He sits two seats away from Andrew in a classroom filled with few conversations and even fewer friendships yet somehow they managed to find each other CHOOSE each other, and form a bond (Hold on. I need to grab…
Back-to-School Blues: How Andrew Managed to Make Me Look Like a Whiny Liar
So Andrew started fourth grade this morning. I say fourth grade, but really, it’s all sort of ambiguous when you have a special needs child with as many developmental delays as he does. He’s more like in PreK1234th grade. But that’s for another day. Instead, I come to you today to tell you that my…