Looking Back at 2008: Debating Palin, Leery of Leary
Wednesday December 31, 2008
Looking Back at 2008: Tropic Blunder, Savage Words
Tuesday December 30, 2008
Looking Back at 2008: Eli Stone, Bad Big Brother, Allergy Apprentice
Monday December 29, 2008
Weekly Round-Up: Week of Dec. 22
Saturday December 27, 2008
Here's your weekend round-up of all the articles, blog posts, and site updates you may have missed from the past week in About Parenting Special Needs.
New Articles
Setting Up an ... Read More
Games, Notes, and More Fun Things to Do
Saturday December 27, 2008
A Saturday "Site of the Day" special: Most days, a single Site of the Day is plenty to keep you occupied. But on Saturday morning, with kids underfoot and a ... Read More
This Week's Weird Science on CBS's Eleventh Hour: Autism, Savantism, and Crazy Brain-Tampering Parents
Friday December 26, 2008
If you have a child with autism, what would you do to make him or her "normal"? Forego vaccines? Try time-consuming therapies? Pursue medically risky procedures? Kidnap other people's children, ... Read More
Merry Christmas!
Thursday December 25, 2008
Last-Minute Gifts to Grab Without Leaving the House
Wednesday December 24, 2008
It's Christmas Eve, and not a good time to be out shopping. The weather outside is frightful in my corner of the U.S., and the crowds at the malls are ... Read More
Teaching Money Management With a Credit-Card-Free iTunes Account
Tuesday December 23, 2008
It took my daughter about seven months to realize the importance of saving money.
For seven months after I set her up with an iTunes allowance, she blew the money on ... Read More
Three Things That Warmed My Heart Today
Monday December 22, 2008
It's mighty chilly here in the northeastern U.S., with enough ice on the roads to make getting to school and back today a slippery slide-y affair. Certainly, the time I ... Read More
Weekly Round-Up: Week of December 15
Sunday December 21, 2008
Here's your weekend round-up of all the articles, blog posts, and site updates you may have missed from the past week in About Parenting Special Needs.
New Articles and Features
Book ... Read More
Snowmen, Microwaves, and More Fun Things to Do
Saturday December 20, 2008
A Saturday "Site of the Day" special: Most days, a single Site of the Day is plenty to keep you occupied. But on Saturday morning, with kids underfoot and a ... Read More
Friday Free-for-All: Speak Up on Good Neighbors, Bad IEP Decisions, Useful Inventions
Friday December 19, 2008
The opportunities for spouting off on this site have grown over the years from the forum to blog comments to article add-ons. I'm going to take Fridays to highlight a ... Read More
School Behavior Takes Its Seasonal Nosedive, Pageants or No
Thursday December 18, 2008
When my son was in elementary school, I always blamed his December behavioral bumpiness on school Christmas pageants, with all their attendant rehearsals and routine disruptions. I looked forward to ... Read More
Drugs, Drink, and the Developmentally Disabled
Wednesday December 17, 2008
Hey, need something else to worry about? Feeling a little short today on the feelings of panic and despair? Here ya go: People with developmental disabilities have been identified as ... Read More
Bracing for Change in the Neighborhood
Tuesday December 16, 2008
There's an Open House at the house next door to us today.
The "For Sale" sign just went up this past Friday, and now there are cars gathered around and people ... Read More
Saturday Night Live Sketch Draws Protest for Mocking Blind Governor
Monday December 15, 2008
Is it ever okay to make fun of a person's disability?
Does it matter if it's funny? Satirical? One offensive moment among many? Is it okay if you just appear to ... Read More
Weekly Round-Up: Week of December 8
Sunday December 14, 2008
Here's your weekend round-up of all the articles, blog posts, and site updates you may have missed from the past week in About Parenting Special Needs.
New Articles and Features
Book ... Read More
Ornaments, IDs, and More Fun Things to Do
Saturday December 13, 2008
A Saturday "Site of the Day" special: Most days, a single Site of the Day is plenty to keep you occupied. But on Saturday morning, with kids underfoot and a ... Read More
Friday Free-for-All: Speak Up on Parking and Parent-Professional Communication
Friday December 12, 2008
The opportunities for spouting off on this site have grown over the years from the forum to blog comments to article add-ons. I'm going to take Fridays to highlight a ... Read More
All We Want for Christmas
Thursday December 11, 2008
What's on your child's Christmas list?
My kids are pretty easy this year. My daughter wants the biggest iTunes gift certificate possible. And my son? He's got a long list of ... Read More
Smart Art for Kids With Sensory-Integration Challenges
Wednesday December 10, 2008
I've been seeing some really great art projects popping up in blogs that not only create a useful Christmas craft, but may appeal especially to children with sensory-integration dysfunction. If ... Read More
My Overflowing To-Read Pile, and Some Recommendations for Yours
Tuesday December 9, 2008
What are you reading these days?
That's my reading pile there at right, books that have interested me and may interest you, too. I'll be reading and reviewing most of them ... Read More
Grey's Character Needs Some Character, Stat
Monday December 8, 2008
I finally caught up with all the episodes of Grey's Anatomy that had been gathering dust in my DVR, so I can finally comment on Mary McDonnell's appearance in two ... Read More
Weekly Round-Up: Week of December 1
Sunday December 7, 2008
Here's your weekend round-up of all the articles, blog posts, and site updates you may have missed from the past week in About Parenting Special Needs.
New Articles and Features
Book ... Read More
Puzzle-Piece Ornaments and More Fun Things to Do
Saturday December 6, 2008
A Saturday "Site of the Day" special: Most days, a single Site of the Day is plenty to keep you occupied. But on Saturday morning, with kids underfoot and a ... Read More
Friday Free-for-All: Speak Up on Advocacy, Interpreters, Church
Friday December 5, 2008
The opportunities for spouting off on this site have grown over the years from the forum to blog comments to article add-ons. I'm going to take Fridays to highlight a ... Read More
A Guest at the IEP Meeting
Thursday December 4, 2008
Today is my daughter's IEP meeting, and it's a historic one: The first in which she, as an 18-year-old, is responsible for her own planning, and I, as the previously ... Read More
Special-Education Director Takes Handicapped Space, Gives Attitude
Wednesday December 3, 2008
If Only Friendship Was as Easy as Facebook
Tuesday December 2, 2008
It's so cut and dried. You ask someone to be your friend. They say yes or they don't. Someone asks you to be their friend. You have the same options. ... Read More
My Kid Is Less Dysfunctional Than Your Kid
Monday December 1, 2008
It's a familiar enough story for those of us who regularly get our hearts broken by the way society treats kids like ours. A little girl with autism switches Girl ... Read More