By Kelly Wilton The ability to keep our head held high in the face of all the different pressures of special needs parenting will vary for us all. It may be a constant nagging feeling that you are never doing enough for your child, that you are missing something for them – a particular therapy, diet or an alternative way …
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In the final episode for series one, we chat to Rebecca Glover who is mum to three, including Ruby who has a range of diagnoses. She is the founder of Ruby and Ollie’s – an all-inclusive childcare centre in Queensland that offers tailored childcare for children with additional needs. Listen in to hear more about …
A lengthy paperwork trail is part and parcel of parenting a child with special needs; therapy reports, school assessments, diagnosis notes, specialist updates, NDIS admin, prescriptions, forms, forms and more forms – the list is never-ending. And then there are all the appointments, routines and to-do list items that lead to this aforementioned paperwork. Feeling …
By Kelly Wilton As we crash towards the end of 2020, most of us hanging onto our last shred of sanity. I’m sitting here and reflecting, asking myself “how did we get here”?! This year has seen us go from one big change to the next. As the media streamed images of the impact Covid-19 …
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By Kelly Wilton Please don’t look at me that way, as if I should be doing something more. Please don’t look at me that way, as if I should have stayed home. Please don’t look at me that way, that what I am doing is wrong. You see, your look says a lot to me …
This week we’re chatting to Julie Jones. Julie is the creator of the website Have Wheelchair Will Travel and founder of the magazine Travel without Limits where she combines her experiences working in the travel industry with her life travelling with her family, including her son Braeden who lives with cerebral palsy and her teenage …
Sometimes when I write what’s on my mind I do wonder ‘who will get it’? I feel that at least some in my community may get it. And when I say my community – I mean our community of being a parent of a child with a disability. There are definitely things you would only possibly …
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It’s too easy to get caught up in the whirlwind of the Christmas season so make sure you take some time to look around
In our latest episode we’re chatting to Melanie Dimmitt who is a freelance arts, lifestyle and business journalist living in Sydney. Her son Arlo has cerebral palsy and her experiences of becoming a special needs mum led her to write ‘special’ – an uplifting, candid companion for parents in the early stages of navigating their …
Out with the old and in with the new…Or so they say. We know that the New Year is all about rethinking the things we do daily, changing what’s not working and giving new things a try, but that’s easier said than done when your child has many specific needs and strict timetables relating to …
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