I do not attend church regularly. There, I’ve admitted it, plus, my son with autism will NOT step foot in a church because he says, “too loud.”
Therefore, when Kim mentioned that I should write a blog on the recent controversy about the Minnesota family who have a son with autism being banned from attending mass, [...]
In the month of May, Special Needs Neighborhood received some good visibility from several local newspapers and KEYE-TV News.
Last Monday (5/19), Special Needs Neighborhood was featured on KEYE-TV’s 5:00 News, in a segment by Elizabeth Dannheim. Search the KEYE website for “special needs neighborhood.” We are most thankful to KEYE-TV for helping [...]
You know that saying, “It was a total field day” to describe an out-of-control situation. Well, my son’s field day was this week at school and all I can say is…”What a field day!”
Dear Reader, you would have thought by now that I had learned my lesson on prepping my son with autism for big [...]
Our site is 2 months old today! Kim and I have been thrilled at the amount of traffic the site has seen and the quality of the information being posted on the resource listings.
Also in the last month, we’ve added new features that users requested–an events list and a community Q&A. All and all, we’ve [...]
According to the 2000 U.S. Census, the unemployment rate for persons with disabilities is more than 40 percent. People with disabilities face many barriers to obtaining useful employment.
I am happy to say that one local organization–Seton Family of Hospitals–is working to change the employment opportunities for individuals with developmental disabilities through a unique program [...]
Mother love is the fuel that enables a normal human being to do the impossible. ~Marion C. Garretty, quoted in A Little Spoonful of Chicken Soup for the Mother’s Soul
Amen to that. And also, Happy Caregivers Day. Happy Godparents Day! Happy Mothering Day! I wish everyone a happy day today that bestows “motherly” love toward [...]
There used to be (back when I had time to read) a really good column written in the Austin Chronicle called “Postcards at 3 a.m.” I always thought that was just a bit of poetic license being taken by the columnist to illustrate that his thoughts were a bit bleaker because of his poor sleep [...]
I am happy to report that our volunteer technical guru, Tom Myer of Triple Dog Dare Media, and co-founder Kim Webb, have been working on adding two new important functions to the Special Needs Neighborhood site. Both went live earlier this week:
“Ask the Community” is a new addition that allows everyone in the “neighborhood” [...]
