Special Needs Siblings

March 21st, World Down Syndrome Day

March 21st, World Down Syndrome Day

Evana Sandusky shares about her daughter Jaycee, who has Down syndrome, but is so much more than what people often assume. Happy world Down syndrome day!

Caregivers Can Do Hard Things

Caregivers Can Do Hard Things

In the nearly sixty-seven years my mother and I shared on this earth, she taught me many lessons. The one I leaned on the most as our time to say good-bye drew near was this one: caregivers can do hard things.

8 Tips to Enhance Communication and Autonomy for Individuals with Disabilities

8 Tips to Enhance Communication and Autonomy for Individuals with Disabilities

Assistive communication technology was a big help for our son through school and his past 15-year work experience. Having limited speech until he was 12, our now 41-year-old son has found that sign language and this simple technology have aided him in better expressing himself. Each individual affected by special needs has various and different needs, abilities, and disabilities. By getting creative, you can tailor solutions specifically for your child to help them express their needs.

Four Lessons Caregiving Is Teaching Me about Writing Fiction

Four Lessons Caregiving Is Teaching Me about Writing Fiction

What caregiving is teaching me about writing fiction could fill a book. If someone had tried to tell me when I was a kid that caregiving and writing have a lot in common, I wouldn't have believed it. Writing may or may not be part of God's plan for your future but I know He has something in store for your future, and He's using your life as a caregiver to prepare you for it.

Six Disability Allies in the Bible

Six Disability Allies in the Bible

Disability ‘allies’ are people who are not necessarily disabled themselves, but who advocate for, journey with, campaign for, or in other ways support disabled people of any age. Here are six real and story-based people from the Bible who could be viewed as disability allies.