Special Needs Kids

The Truth About Labels

From the very beginning of our homeschool journey, we were told that labels are bad. Labels force a child into a box, they said. Labels hurt. Labels give kids excuses for not doing what they should do, and you wouldn’t want that would you? Labels are self-fulfilling prophecies, making smart

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Advocacy: Special Needs Parent's Primary Job

Advocacy: Special Needs Parent’s Primary Job

I am a special needs parent, advocacy is my primary job. All parents are in the position of caring for and watching out for their kids, but parents of special needs kids have unique duties. Dictionary.com defines the word advocate as follows: We speak on our child’s behalf. We run interference

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Trust, Safety & Friends on the Spectrum

Trust, Safety, and Friends on the Spectrum

In October, I ran a series called 31 Days of Homeschooling on the Autism Spectrum. It was a chance for me to get out many of my thoughts on the topic of raising a kid on the Spectrum. Funny thing about that. Since we’re still raising him, things come up all

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