I’ve been super busy lately and haven’t had a chance to write my first post.
My name is Jackie, I’m married to my wonderful husband Jeff and we have 3 great kids together. Jeffery is 5, Jaylin, our only girl, is 4 and our baby is Jaxon he is 1. All 3 have a speech delay.
Let me start...
For my first post on Living with Special Needs, I thought I’d introduce you to my family.
This is us…in a corn pit.
Andy is the dad of our family. He’s an awesome dude, if I do say so myself. He’s a network engineer {Don’t worry, I don’t really know what that...
Autism New Jersey’s Annual Conference is one of the nation’s largest autism-related conferences, drawing record crowds of parents and professionals.
I had the pleasure of driving by myself down to Atlantic City for Autism New Jersey’s conference. It was 4 blissful hours in the car, listening...
Ever since my daughter Gracie was born, I have put everything aside in order to take care of her. I quit my job as a substitute teacher and I put aside my dream of having a classroom of my own. I devoted my time to taking her to several doctor and therapy appointments a week. When at home, we...
Adapted from an entry from my blog, www.divingintothewaves.com.
Today I had a MOPS (Mothers of Preschoolers) meeting. I love this group of women and wish that we could meet every week. It’s just so good. I brought the boys into childcare and they were like celebrities. I love when people love my...
My heart has slowly been breaking. The fissures and cracks have names.
Asher Brown, Billy Lucas, Tyler Clementi, Seth Walsh, Justin Aaberg, Raymond Chase — young people who’ve taken their own lives because the bullying and shaming was too much for them to bear.
With the news of each death,...
I am a member of a wonderful support group on CABF (Child and Adolescent Bipolar Foundation). I have found other parents who are facing the same trials and triumphs as me. They make the same (or similar) difficult decisions and deal with the same self doubt. We’re all stressed to the max, without...
Amanda recently wrote about the 7 stages of a mother’s grief, which I’m sure many parents of children with special needs have experienced. I know I have. More then once, actually.
I know! I only have one child with special needs. I’ve read a few posts from my online groups...
You didn’t wake up this morning knowing that your world view would change, but it has. You heard the words so many of us have heard, and your heart split open.
Autism.
Or attention deficit disorder. Or anxiety disorder. Or obsessive compulsive disorder. Or mood disorder. Or some other string of seemingly...
I have ‘joked” to a few people that it was like something in Corrigan’s brain was switched to “on” when he was medically sedated for his repeat endoscopy earlier last month. I think that I keep hoping that they will agree with me and share their observations. Hasn’t...
