By Maria Garito To the Mom Raising the Child Who is Helping Mine
Dear mom in the school parking lot, I saw you today picking up your son from the kinder classroom. Your…
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By Jillian Benfield “A Different Life is Not a Less Life” Mom Responds to Despicable Social Media Message
It goes deeper than this one story. A Colorado kindergarten teacher allegedly said the following on social media: I'm so…
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By Kate Swenson I’ll Do the Talking For You
My stepmom passed away after a 14-month, brutal battle with pancreatic cancer almost a year ago. The night before we…
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By Her View From Home Will Anyone Love Him?
I didn’t expect the moment to happen, but it did. It happened in a big way. I was enjoying some…
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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 Jennifer Carfora 3 Hard-Fought Lessons I’ve Learned as a Special Needs Parent
I have been a mother for seven whole years and a caregiver to our little fireball for three years. Going…
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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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To the Special Needs Parents in Crisis Mode
If you're the parent of a special needs child or adult, you're probably in exhaustion mode right now. The truth…
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By Jessica Raines He’s Extra-Unordinary and I Love Him So
This is Matthew. Matthew is smart. Too smart. But boy, is he difficult. A difficult, wonderful, unusual human. He barely…
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By Cara Arnold I’m the Kind of Tired Coffee Can’t Fix
There’s a tiredness that is understood to come with motherhood. It’s a mixture of physical and emotional exhaustion that evolves…
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By Jess Ronne From a Mom Raising a Child With Special Needs: Please See Me
Dear mama with normal children, "Normal? What is normal?" you might be asking. "Is that even politically correct?" Honestly, I’m…
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