By Lindsey Cox What They Really Need to Hear after a Life-Changing Diagnosis
When I was 20-weeks pregnant, my routine blood work came back with an abnormal marker. A second blood test and…
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By Jenna Hatfield When the Diagnosis Comes, Your Strength Multiplies
Hey mama, Yeah, you. The one who just got what feels like the most devastating news possible about that little…
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Down Syndrome Does Not Define Her
Riley’s story starts April 23, 2019. We had opted to get the 3-month scan and NIPT test with our third…
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An Open Letter To the New Cancer Mom
This is an open letter to the early days me—when my son’s cancer diagnosis was first spoken over him—and to…
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By Ashley Lavoie 6 Keys To a Marriage That Can Handle Anything
“. . . and if I may ask . . . how are you and Jon after all of this?”…
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By Deidra Darst To the Mother I Was Before Autism
Dear self, Hi. It's me . . . well, you . . . it's you from the future. I wanted…
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By Cristina Schnizler Becoming a Special Needs Parent Was Unexpected—But So is My Strength As a Mother
I never wanted to be here. Carting my child from one therapy appointment to another. Arguing with the insurance company…
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By Eileen Lamb Mommy Always Makes it Better, So Why Can’t I?
Charlie is almost seven. He's severely autistic. The truth is that raising a nonverbal, autistic child is emotionally draining. I…
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By Lindsey Carson This is the Part of Special Needs Parenting No One Talks About
I understand that generalizations can be upsetting, so I want everyone to be clear I am not clumping all special…
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By Melissa Bjorgen Two Minutes in a Mom’s Brain on Diagnosis Day
White walls. Tile floor. Blue table. Chair. Breathe. My eyes look around the room again. White walls. Tile floor. Blue…
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By Carolyn Moore Contestant Wins $5—And Our Hearts—After His Final Jeopardy Response Chokes Up Alex Trebek
Dhruv Gaur must have known he was throwing the game. But what the Brown University college student scribbled on his…
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By Celeste I Don’t Know if it’s ADHD, But I Do Know My Son Needs Me to Fight For Him
We were driving home from preschool when my 4-year-old mumbled something almost inaudible from the back seat. "Am I bad?" My…
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