The Tendency to Overprotect Our Special Needs Kids
As parents of special needs children, we often develop coping strategies to deal with our child’s behaviours...
I Wish We’d Never Left the House…"
Some parents of children with difficult behaviours are held hostage by their child’s bad behaviours.
Financial planning for children with special needs
A special needs child’s diagnosis, severity, prognosis and life expectancy all impact a parent’s financial-planning process.
Why Autism remains hidden in Africa
Many African children with autism are hidden away at home, sometimes tied up, almost always undiagnosed...
Want Calmer Mornings with your ADHD Child?
Rise and Sigh: Morning Routines to Reinforce Calm.
Quick Tips on choosing the right wheelchair for your child.
Information and advice on choosing the best wheelchair for your child...
The Problem with New Shoes
The wrong pair of shoes can create a day of misery for anyone, when special needs are added to the mix...
10 Things Every Child with Autism Wishes You Knew
Because the world can look different to a child on the autism spectrum.
7 Things I wish People knew about parenting a Child with Auditory Processing Disorder
A child with an auditory processing disorder may exhibit some of the following issues
15 Phrases to use when your child isn’t listening
I replaced my judgmental, negative, threatening tone with a neutral, problem solving, empathetic, encouraging one...
21 Stress Free Tips to Teaching Your Child with Special Needs to Dress Themselves
Follow these easy steps to help your child with special needs dress themselves.
5 Things to do when your child wails "But I don't want to go to School!"
Just in time for back-to-school, experts offer their best advice for handling those inevitable mornings.
What Assumptions are we making about the High Functioning Child?
I do know that our kids who are higher functioning are often painfully aware...
