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“I think of the training I received as ‘Education for Parents!’ Now I can continue to acquire more knowledge, and it is comforting to know I always have a place to go to for help.”
"If you are new to either a diagnosis or the experience of having a child with special needs, I think it is key to be able to talk to other parents in the same situation."
"They have provided multiple resources as well as a caring ear. Families were able to learn how to advocate for their child and learn about services."
Marci remembers her experience meeting her newborn son for the first time in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). "It was a moment which terrified me almost as much as the trauma of his entrance into this world." As Marci described the first weeks and ...
Mark and Tricia's family started their journey of raising children with special needs when their youngest son was born with Lobar emphysema and had part of his lung removed. "He was quarantined to our home for most of the first three years of his life ...
After learning of her youngest child’s diagnosis, Twila set out to learn all she could about Cerebral Palsy and what she could do to help her daughter. Living in a remote area in the Hopi Tribal community made accessing some resources challenging, but ...
Darby's method of dealing with the health, educational and behavioralchallenges her family faced with her son, Max, was mentally to "put thoseinto buckets, and then deal with each overflowing bucket.""Max had missed a lot of school due to illness, he was ...
Like many busy moms raising children with special needs, De takes advantage of services on the internet to help keep her aware of news and information she can use to help her son, Andy. She monitors public policy issues and other news via Raising Special ...
When Josh was 11, Gabby and her family moved from California leaving behind their support networks. While they were getting settled in Arizona, Gabby learned about a support group for parents of children with disabilities. Many of the parents in the group ...
After raising children of her own, Teresa didn't expect to find herself raising another baby--her grandson. Teresa also discovered that RyRy was not going to be an "easy" baby. A gastro-intestinal issue required emergency surgery. An evaluation revealed ...
Katie remembers learning about Raising Special Kids when her son Jack was 2 years old from his DDD (Division of Developmental Disabilities) Support Coordinator. Then she realized she had been acquainted with Raising Special Kids previously in her career as ...
Elizabeth’s son Jackson, now 12, seemed to have typical development as a baby until age 2 and a half when Elizabeth noticed that he was not putting multiple words together. Doctor said “he’s fine” but Elizabeth felt something was not ...
When Jenifer arrived home from China with her newly adopted 19-month old daughter, she felt a mix of emotions. Amid the joy of cuddling her new child in her arms and relief at having completed the journey, she felt reasonably ...
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