Tag: #specialneeds #disability
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Tears For Cheers—But Not The Happy Kind
My daughter and her special abilities cheerleading team competed performed at our Provincial Cheer Championships this weekend. The kids loved it and they beamed under the spotlight. It was a beautiful moment in time. It was the kind of acceptance and inclusion we parents of kids with disabilities long for. So why did I leave…
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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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Sometimes
Sometimes when you have too much to say, you end up saying nothing at all. I’ve tried to write many times this week. But instead of writing a word, I clicked “close” every time. Sometimes when life is too hard, you shut yourself off. You assure everyone around you that everything is fine and…
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