Pipecleaner Dreams

The struggles to ensure a future for our children with disabilities never ends, does it? First we have the school battles, fighting for the ...

Yesterday was the last day of ESY (extended school year) services for Ashley. For the last seven weeks, she has gone to school Monday throu...

When my family is out in the community, I know we can be quite the spectacle sometimes. The two in wheelchairs often race through the store...

We spent a lot of time out in the community during our four day holiday. The weather was beautiful, and we were all in the mood for Summer....

Do people sometimes criticize you for doing too much for your child with a disability? Do they say, “Let them do that? How else will they ...

This past Saturday, I made a trip to Jessica's group home to take her some new school clothes and school supplies. What I found when I ...

How do you decide what skills to push your child to master and which skills can take a back seat? When I first adopted Ashley, she was 2 yea...

Ashley and I have been in a lot of doctor's offices recently. I try to schedule as many of our appointments as possible during school b...

I know teachers have tough jobs. I know they are often overworked, and that it is difficult to give each child individual attention. But l...

I attended a meeting this week at the day support facility for my oldest daughter, Jessica. Jessica is going to be 18 years old in just a c...

Today’s post is dedicated to Lynnette. She knows why… I really had no idea how my life was going to be turned upside down when I adopted a ...

One of the things I have always struggled with as a parent is how much of a right to privacy my children should have? Now that I have 4 tee...

In just a few weeks, our statewide family support group, of which I am the president, will be holding its annual family retreat. This year ...

As parents, grandparents, and other caregivers for children with significant disabilities, we often feel our children are more capable than ...

Ashley is pictured to the right with her teacher, Mrs. Artis. Only one more week of school left, at least for all my children but Ashley, an...

One of the families that participates in a listserv focused on children with deafblindness shared this with all the participants. It was wr...

This sounds like something not to be missed… (especially after the abysmal job CBS did on their Cold Case show last night, also on the subje...

One of the blogs I visit on a fairly regular basis is Ka’lalau’s Korner , written by Carl Schroeder. The tag line on the blog says “Ka’lala...

One of my newer co-workers came into my office yesterday and saw pictures of my children. He asked about them, and being the Mom that I am,...

Goldilocks was very tired, so she went upstairs to the bedroom. She lay down in the first bed, but it was too hard. Then she lay in the sec...