How You Could Help A Special Needs Parent

As the rates of Autism continues to skyrocket, the likely hood of you knowing someone that is a special needs parent is growing as well. Maybe you already know someone with a special needs child. Perhaps, a friend or family member. In this article, I hope to give you some simple ways that you can help the special needs parent in your life. Knowing what to say or do can be daunting for someone that doesn't have experience with special needs parenting. This is probably where many people, with the best of intentions, get scared off. Seeing what a special needs parent goes through can be a very overwhelming experience for anyone. It may even seem so dire that one might feel that they have nothing to offer, that could…

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I want to say thank you for judging me……..

It's so hard for people to understand what special needs families are faced with on a daily basis. I tried to put just some of the daily challenges and choices I have to make, into words. My hope is that this will help people to gain perspective. I'm blessed to have a very loving and supportive family, but not everyone does. The following is dedicated to all the special needs families in the world. If you were to walk into my house at any given time, you would find many things. Among them, the floor covered with toys and the kitchen with a sink full of dirty dishes. If you ventured into the basement, you would see a mountain of dirty laundry patiently waiting to be washed. Look around some…

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