Development, Special Needs
How to Track Milestones for Developmentally Delayed Babies
Developmental milestones are a set of skills or behaviors that most children achieve within a certain age range. They provide parents and caregivers with a roadmap of what to expect...
Special Needs, Support
Five Steps to Finding Joy: Faith and the Journey of Parenting with Special Needs
When we pray the Rosary, the Joyful Mysteries invite us to reflect on moments that reveal profound spiritual truths. Yet, if you’re like me, you may wonder how these events...
Holiday Crafts and Ideas, Special Needs
5 Tips for a Peaceful Thanksgiving with Your Child with Disabilities
Thanksgiving can be a joyful yet overwhelming holiday, especially for families with children who have sensory, motor, or dietary needs. With a little preparation and a few practical strategies, you...
Sleep, Special Needs
Safe Place Bedding Travel Bed Review
Traveling with a special needs child can be stressful! Having a safe, durable, and easy to use travel bed can make traveling so much easier!
Special Needs
Developmental Evaluation Forms: Why Are We Doing This Again???
Developmental evaluation forms don’t define your child’s worth. Your child is awesome just the way they are, and no form in the world can change that.
Special Needs, Support
How Do You Keep Faith Alive When Your Child Remains Ill?
I understand the emotional toll of chronic illness, but I also believe in the power of faith and community to uplift and sustain us.
Autism
When Autism Advocacy Goes Wrong: Supporting Parents of Profoundly Affected Children
If you’re not personally affected by autism or don’t work with autistic individuals, you might be unaware of the growing debate within the autism community.
Cooking and Kitchen Play, Tactile Arts and Crafts
9 Best Edible Art Projects for Blind Kids
Crafts can easily be adapted to use edible materials so that tasting is both okay and encouraged.
Tactile Arts and Crafts
6 Tips to Make Art Projects Accessible For Blind Kids
Art is considered a visual activity, but by using varied textures and focusing on three-dimensional projects, touch can become the primary focus of the art.
Tactile Arts and Crafts
11 Surprising Benefits of Art for Blind Children
Tactile art is the perfect way to introduce your blind child to artistic expression, and there are multiple surprising benefits as well!
Braille and Literacy
Liberty Braille Bottles
Liberty Bottles creates customizable water bottles with raised and readable braille printing on their bottles.
Autism, Behavior
Autism Headphone Decals
Many kids with autism wear noise-canceling headphones to help them deal with loud noises. These decals adhere to the headphones and let others know what they are for!
Braille and Literacy
Xavier Society for the Blind
Xavier Society distributes religious, spiritual, and inspirational reading materials in braille and audio to blind and visually impaired individuals worldwide.
Toys, Visual Impairment
Bricks for the Blind
Bricks for the Blind provides text, audio, and braille instructions for LEGO sets that allows blind people to build LEGO sets independently.
Braille and Literacy, Product Reviews, Visual Impairment
Sense of Play
Dana Meachen Rau's book, Sense of Play, follows the adventures of Chip and Joy as they play. Chip is blind, but this doesn't get in the way of their play!