Google Products for your Home and Household Let’s face it, when you have a child with special needs, Moms and Dads become case workers. I’ve never seen one person, let alone a child, generate so much paperwork. Then you add in annual IEP dates, annual and biennial medical appointments, biannual evaluation dates, MA renewal, Rx […]
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50 Best Toys and Gifts for Kids with Autism or Developmental Delays
Best Toys for Kids with Autism, Intellectual Disabilities and Developmental Delays I used to dread this time of year. I went through a phase where I loathed walking through the baby/toddler department of a store, looking for toys for my son who is neither a baby nor a toddler. But I got over it. Now, […]
{Dysgraphia} Definition | Symptoms | Accommodations | Interventions
Dysgraphia “Dysgraphia? What’s that? I’ve never heard of it!” You’d be surprised at how many parents have kids with dysgraphia (and maybe even have it themselves) but they have never heard the word. It happens! Their gut is telling them that something isn’t right. They can see their child struggling. Yet the struggle themselves to […]
10 Geeky Toys and Gadgets {under $10!}
Geeky Toys and Gadgets Remember when geek was a negative word? Now it’s hip to be square. Quite literally. I’m so glad, honestly! I went to school and was in the gifted program, and it was really not cool. It was cool to pretend you were dumb. Oh how I wish I could have some […]
8 Things You Should Know About Weighted Blankets.
Weighted Blankets A weighted blanket is going to be the must-have gift this holiday season. Because now everyone is realizing what autistic kids have known for years–these things are awesome! There’s a reason we swaddle babies. So why do we stop doing it once they are no longer infants? Now, you don’t have to. Who […]
15 Tips to help you Worry Less about the Flu and your {disabled/nonverbal} Child.
It’s almost Flu Season 2018/19! At the time of this writing, 37 children have died this flu season. That is compared to just 8 this time last year. (This data was as of December 2017.) This year could be a bad one for the flu (and pediatric deaths) so I dug up older posts with great […]