Parents
of kids with special needs are so used to advocating for their children that they often forget to teach kids to speak up for themselves.
Burlington Mall welcomes guests who want to chat with the Easter Bunny through March 31 and hosts a morning visit with a Caring Bunny for
kids with special needs on March 11 as well as a pet photo night on March 25.
Swimming lessons help
kids with special needs in a number of key areas, including greater muscle strength and physical endurance, increased flexibility, more self - control, and, in many instances, improved behavioral outcomes.
If you've been around the special - needs parenting block a few times, you'll have come across some political divides that split parents of
kids with special needs into warring factions — cure vs. acceptance, for example, or inclusion vs. specialized instruction, or parent advocacy vs. self - advocacy, or special - needs parenting as blessing vs. burden.
I've cheerfully burned a few professional bridges by standing up at the mic and saying, «Hey, you're an asshole and here's why...» I have fond memories of an evening during which a woman stood up ahead of me and told a story in which the humor depended on the collective assumption that she should be horrified that her internet date turned out to have an
adoptive kid with special needs.
Parents of
kids with special needs already have to deal with living in an outwardly ableist culture, in which neighbors immediately equate your kid's ramp with devaluing their home.
And many mothers of
kids with special needs wind up cutting back their work hours to be available for their child, thus decreasing their income when they need it most.
But
when kids with special needs feel that life is unmanageable, they act out; when they act out they themselves are emotionally overwhelmed which, in turn, can overwhelm their caregivers.
This is the first in a series of posts I hope to do from moms of
kids with special needs around the world (e-mail me if you live abroad and would like to be featured, or know of someone who would).
Kids with special needs benefit from summer camp in two major ways, according to Kelly Kunsek, a seasoned director of a camp that serves children with physical and developmental disabilities.
Matthew Titone, who has 954 students on waiting lists in his district on Staten Island's North Shore, said charter schools in his area «do excellent work
serving kids with special needs.»
Check out Edutopia curator Ashley Cronin's new roundup on assistive technology for a comprehensive list of resources; to accompany that, I wanted to share some amazing videos I've found about how technology can
empower kids with special needs.
That traditional public schools dump kids into charters, frequently can't
handle kids with special needs and don't give students the same bang for the buck as charters are realities that CTA and other teachers unions either omit or lie about when they push their anti-charter agenda.
You might want permanent insurance, for example, if you need to
protect kids with special needs who will always rely on you (or your estate) for support, or if you want to leave money to a school, charity or your children and you don't expect to afford it any other way.
Northshore Mall has Breakfast with the Easter Bunny on March 24, a Caring Special Bunny for
kids with special needs on March 11, pet photos on March 25 and ongoing opportunities to visit with the Bunny through March 31.