Dear Parent of Typical Children
Your children are watching and learning from you, every day, every moment. They listen to your words, imitate your actions, follow your cues on how to behave in new situations, mimic your example on how to interact with people they meet. And they will learn,...
Just For Today
Editor’s note: This is a guest post by Sarah Broady for a summer series highlighting great bloggers who focus on disability. Today, my son still has autism. Every day for the rest of his life, he will have autism. But today, or rather right now, I don’t want to...
Confessions of a Special Needs Parent: The Back to School Terrifies Me
Excitement is muddled with fear as a new school-year approaches. I’m ready for some quiet around the house but I have two kids with special needs and the back to school terrifies me. My youngest has Down syndrome and she thrives on routine. We had Kindergarten...
I Didn’t Want to Imagine Being an Adult Still Living With a Disability
Editor’s note: This is a guest post by Jenny Hill for a summer series highlighting great bloggers who focus on disability. I still remember standing on the green chair in my father’s den, peering onto the top rows of his bookshelf, looking for something to...
My Child Has Clinical Depression
My daughter is only eight years old and she has clinical depression. It was not shocking to hear the therapist say it after a long process of evaluations, but it was still hard to hear. She’s so young. What did I do wrong? Is it my fault? Is she not happy with...
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.