By Cassandra Brandt It’s Hard When You Can’t Hug: A Post-Disability Mother-Daughter Relationship
The kind of mother I was at 32 was a strong, single, independent, provider type. I was a tradeswoman. I…
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Jesus Didn’t Heal My Body, But He’s Healed My Heart
For several years now, I have had these recurring, vivid dreams. In these dreams, I am never in my wheelchair.…
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By Casie Tyson My Son Has Spina Bifida, and Life is Still Beautiful
This post has been in my drafts for about a year. I write it. Rewrite it. Then delete it again.…
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By Her View From Home Parenting a Child With Invisible Special Needs is Hard, Too
As new parents frequently lament, kids don’t come with manuals. Parenting is very much a learn-as-you-go gig. One of the…
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By Jamie Sumner Thank You To My Doctor Who Only Saw My Child As Perfect
I was sitting in the waiting room of my OB’s office in my 24th week of pregnancy reeling from the…
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By Lauren Cootes International Day of Acceptance- A Parent’s Perspective
Before my beautiful daughter, McLaine, was born in 2009, I have to admit that disability acceptance was not something I'd…
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By Stacey Philpot Can I Have a New Mom?
We sat around our well-worn kitchen table, my four-year-old excitedly reporting on the fun she’d had that day at Grandma…
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By Courtney Westlake When My Daughter with Special Needs Asked about Another Child’s Disability
I noticed my four-year-old daughter draw nearer to my leg as she curiously kept her eyes on the 12-year-old girl…
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Special Needs Moms Have Really Let Themselves Go
Ok, before you get into an uproar, hear me out. My special girl McLaine is 6 1/2. Sometimes I think…
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An Open Letter to the Special Needs Sibling
Dear Special Needs Sibling, It's not easy being you. Period. I know it feels as if your needs are…
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By Cynthia Smith Huhman I Celebrate the First Day of School but it’s not What you Think
Back to school! I've hear it ringing in my ear for at least two weeks. “I’ll bet you’re ready to…
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