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Experienced parents of disabled children share ideas on how to relate to the mother or father of a child with special needs. Here are a few tips: Don't Pity Parents: Don't feel sorry for a parent because his...

One practical suggestion for helping parents of special needs children  to cope is allow them to remain in control, while feeling safe to express their most vulnerable emotions.  It's All A Process One father explains that his special...

As the mother or father of a child with special needs, the opportunity to replace widespread ignorance with solid education is yours. Your task is to help others help you. You can also enlist an understanding friend or...

A whole range of complex feelings can engulf a parent whose child has been determined to have, or be at risk for, disabilities of various kinds. Once you find out that your child has, or...

In the previous article we learned about how siblings of a child with special needs may feel about their unique situation. Here are some ways to help your typically developing son or daughter manage life with a brother or...

What About Me? When parents have to cope with the time and energy drain created by the situation of caring for their child with special needs, other children in the family are affected. Time that used to...

Just Found Out You have just learned that your child has some very special needs. Maybe you have been informed that your baby has Down Syndrome. Or that your preschooler is autistic, or has some other medical condition....

Here we journey into the inner world of a mother or father of the special needs child. Parents are consumed Before life with a special needs child, a mother or father never may have realized that a...