Tag: parenting a child with a disability
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Disabilities Are Not “Special Needs”
It’s taken a decade of research into genetics and specific diseases and disabilities for me to gain even a fraction of understanding of my daughter’s syndrome. I still have no idea what I’m doing half the time. And I make plenty of mistakes. Case in point—until recently I didn’t even realize that the label “special needs”…
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Her Voice
We all want our daughters to have a voice. I need my daughter to have one. I won’t always be around to speak for her – to explain to others why she may not understand, or to make her understood. Before my daughter was born, deep down I worried there was something wrong. All the…
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