Another guest post from Sharon Wagner. We both hope you find this helpful while engaging with your child. Even kids with disabilities find joy in exploration and learning. Here are some guidelines to help you get started. Children begin life as natural scientists —...
This is a guest post from Sharon Wagner from Senior Friendly, a website for seniors and those who love them. Sharon has a book coming soon! For more information, go to Seniorfriendly.info There’s a kind of tired that slides past simple sleep debt—it builds itself into...
This is the first Holiday Season Rhia and I have spent apart since she was born. She and I have decorated 28 Christmas trees together. The tree is up but her ornaments are still in the box. I hung my David Bowie ornament and a few others but haven’t added a...
Points of the compass, board-walk, seats by Robin Webster is licensed under CC-BY-SA 2.0* My daughter still complains about her new life in the group home every time I visit her. “I don’t like that I have to wait when I have to go to the bathroom,”...
Photo by Anete Lusina on Pexels.com It felt so much like when Rhia started pre-school. But this time, it was the first day of her day-program. I came to support communication between her and the staff using my basic, adapted-for-Rhia, Sign Language. She sat in the art...
Rhia doesn’t understand For two weeks she has glared at me and repeatedly said “I want to go home.” She complains about the way her new caregivers provide support because it is different from how I supported her. She doesn’t like how they wash her hair or make her...
