Tech Tools for a Healthy Summer Reset
Healthy Reset Summertime is almost here! As parents and caregivers, we know that summer means less structured time for our children due to school breaks. This inevitably leads to more...
Self-Care
Mom Makeover: From the Inside Out
The Gift of “me time” for Mom We all know that raising, supporting and advocating for your child with special needs means sometimes we don’t recognize the person we are...
Wanted: Veterans of Adaptation
We’ve Got This! As parents of children with special needs, we have all experienced some degree of uncertainty and isolation in dealing with our child’s diagnosis. We had dreamed...
Why Teaching Self-Care Skills is Critical to Our Children’s Success
Mary is a 6-year-old child. Her mother and father, Betty and Tom, wait anxiously at a psychologist’s office. When called into the appointment room, they hear that Mary has been...
Tech Tips To Help You Refresh & Refocus in 2021
Refresh & Refocus Most of us have likely learned a lot more about ourselves, as well as our family members, over the course of the year. How much self-care we...
Family Chat: S.O.S.: Prioritizing Self-Care
We talk about why caring for yourself is important, what interferes with self-care, and how to make self-care a priority. (Nov. 2020) Fill out the form to subscribe to...
Kind in the Chaos: Caring for Yourself When You Are a Full-Time Caregiver
Life is hectic these days. I have three kids with assorted special needs, personal goals to achieve, a household to run, distance learning to facilitate, and a cross-country relocation during...
Oxygen: Caring for Ourselves to Care for Our Children
Parenting kids with a disability can sometimes be really stressful. This is especially true when children experience frequent or severe challenging behaviors. Unfortunately, self-care is not usually in the top...
Lifting Others: Julie Hornok
Meet our first mom, Julie Hornok, Founder of United in Autism, award winning author, and most importantly, a Mom to her daughter, Lizzie. When her daughter was diagnosed with autism,...
Lifting Others: Kate Swenson
Meet Kate Swenson who started the blog, Finding Cooper’s Voice, after her son, Cooper, was diagnosed with non-verbal autism. As she began to share her life, she discovered that she...
