by Mark Arnold | Dec 14, 2022 | Different Dream, Encouragement, Holidays, Uncategorized
How the Christmas story is a special needs story is something guest blogger Mark Arnold is thinking about this time of year. What he has to say will help you see how Emmanuel, God with us, is with caregiving families in a deep and meaningful way. Every year we hear...
by Janae Copeland | Aug 3, 2022 | Different Dream, Uncategorized
“What a difference a decade makes!” is the joyful cry of guest blogger Janae Copeland as her daughter, born with EA/TEF, turns eleven. Janae shares both the joys and challenges her family experienced when their daughter was born and invites readers to join in this...
by Laura Spiegel | May 18, 2022 | Different Dream, Grief, Special Needs Parenting, Spiritual Support, Uncategorized
Parenting a child with disabilities isn’t the grief Olympics as guest blogger Laura Spiegel knows. However, as is true for many other caregiving parents, she struggles to find a balance between validating her own grief and cultivating a healthy perspective. It’s...
by Sandy Ramsey-Trayvick | Apr 13, 2022 | Different Dream, Uncategorized
Transitioning kids with disabilities to adulthood is a process that often begins before parents are ready for it. That’s how Sandy Ramsey-Trayvick felt when transitioning became part of her son’s IEP while in middle school. Today she shares 5 tips that made the...
by Jolene | Jan 4, 2022 | Different Dream, Encouragement, How-Tos, Uncategorized
EA/TEF Awareness Day 2022 has arrived. Usually Different Dream devotes all of January to EA/TEF Awareness Month. For over ten years, I have issued invitations on Facebook for parents and survivors to share their stories. In the past, responses came so thick and fast,...
by Mark Arnold | Dec 21, 2021 | Different Dream, Uncategorized
Non-verbal kids can communicate. In fact, they communicate all the time. Guest blogger Mark Arnold continues to learn more about how non-verbal kids can communicate from his son James. Today, Mark shares what James has been teaching him lately. There is a perception...
