What You Need to Know About Cerebral Palsy From Adults With CP
March is cerebral palsy (CP) awareness month. If you have been around the blog, you know my middle daughter has CP. Gillette Children’s Specialty Healthcare describes CP as follows: Cerebral palsy describes a group of disorders that affect a person’s ability to...
World Down Syndrome Day 2017
Every year on 3/21 we celebrate World Down Syndrome Day because there are three copies of the 21st chromosome. My daughter is 9 years old and Down syndrome is something in her I cherish. I didn’t always feel that way, and I did not always understand why Down...
When Mama Needs Help
Some challenges are hard to write about because they expose the raw we carry inside. But sometimes we have to talk about what it is like parenting in the trenches — whatever that means for you — because what I am writing here is about you, the parent, and...
School Choices for Kids With Disabilties
When it comes to school choices for kids with disabilities, there are several options: full inclusion, self-contained classrooms, schools for kids with disabilities, homeschooling and everything in between. Join us on our podcast as Erin and I welcome guest Diane...
Children with Disabilities are a Blessing, Not a Burden
All children are a blessing. I don’t believe there’s an exception to that statement, which means kids with disabilities are as much of a blessing as if they didn’t have a disability. One is not better than the other. Different? Yes. More challenging? Sometimes. But a...
Ellen Stumbo writes and speaks about finding beauty in brokenness with gritty honesty and openness. She's passionate about sharing the real – sometimes beautiful and sometimes ugly – aspects of faith, parenting, special needs, and adoption. Ellen’s writing has appeared on Focus on the Family, LifeWay, MomSense, Not Alone, Mamapedia and the Huffington Post.