by Steve Siler | Sep 11, 2024 | Different Dream, Encouragement, Special Needs Parenting, Spiritual Support
Encouraging families impacted by disabilities is one reason this blog exists. Since 2008, Different Dream has published hundreds of articles to encourage and equip parents caring for children with special needs. Today’s post provides encouragement in the form of a...
by Heather Braucher | Sep 4, 2024 | Different Dream, Encouragement, Special Needs Parenting, Spiritual Support
When pets, bracelets, and autism come together, good things happen. In today’s post, guest blogger Heather Braucher explains how her family experienced the convergence of those three things in a truly remarkable and faith-building way. My kids have been asking for...
by Jolene | Aug 26, 2024 | Different Dream, Encouragement, Special Needs Parenting, Spiritual Support
Did I trust God’s plan for the life of my child with disabilities? That’s a question I’ve been mulling over since our South Dakota camping vacation ended with a surprising twist. The twist being that my husband Hiram testing positive for Covid two days before we were...
by Kristin Faith Evans | Aug 21, 2024 | Different Dream, Encouragement, Special Needs Parenting, Spiritual Support
Kristin Faith Evans understands first-hand the stresses of special needs parenting. In this post, she explains coping strategies she’s used to keep her focused and calm in the middle of the storms of life. Soon after my daughter with complex needs came home from the...
by Lisa Pelissier | Aug 7, 2024 | Different Dream, School/Education, Special Needs Parenting
Special needs homeschooling is full of ups…and downs. Guest blogger Lisa Pelissier knows this from experience. In this post she describes her adventures in homeschooling, which began long before she discovered she had joined the special needs homeschooling tribe. I...
by Sandy Ramsey-Trayvick | Jul 31, 2024 | Different Dream, Encouragement, Special Needs Parenting, Spiritual Support
We need community while parenting kids with disabilities and special needs. Sandy Ramsey-Trayvick describes how the Holy Spirit nudged her to seek out other moms, how being in community helps her, and how you can find a community of moms, too. “Don’t isolate...
