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The Blooming Mission Behind Poston Gardens
Go tulip picking all the while supporting a good cause.
Why Your Parenting Fears Aren’t Helping Your Kids
Hovering and worrying can hold children back, so here’s how to stop parenting out of fear.
How To Comfort a Grieving Child With Special Needs
How to comfort a child with special needs who’s grieving
How Stay-at-Home Mom and Autism Advocate Christy DeBruin Spends Her Tuesday
A day in the life of an autism advocate and a Prosper mom of one.
Meet Jennifer Jaetzold, the Cystic Fibrosis Advocate Who Brought Touch-A-Truck to Dallas-Fort Worth
Jennifer Jaetzold is motivated by making life better for those around her—starting with her kids: Lainey and Graeme (who both have cystic fibrosis) and Conner.
Yes, Your Child With Special Needs Can and Should Do Chores
Helping around the house is good for kids with autism and other disabilities. Here’s how to create a chore plan for your child.
Howdy Homemade Ice Cream Serves Up Employment for Adults with Special Needs
Walk into Howdy Homemade on Lovers Lane, and you’ll immediately be greeted by a friendly employee with special needs who is ready to…
Stomping Ground Comedy Theater Launches Improv for Autism Scholarship Program
Now through January 6, the Dallas-based Stomping Ground Comedy Theater is accepting scholarship applications to provide teens on the spectrum in financial need with the therapeutic benefits of humor.
ADHD-Friendly Halloween Tips from Local Moms
Moms of kids with ADHD share their strategies to avoid the sugar high—and inevitable crash—on Halloween.
Stress-Reducing Tips to Get You and Your Child With Special Needs Through the Holidays
While most kids live for the holiday season, it can be really stressful for kids with special needs. The disruptions…
Tommy Hilfiger’s New Adaptive Fashion Campaign Features Texas Tween, Hailey Villarreal
Tommy Hilfiger has just launched his new fall campaign for Tommy Adaptive, his clothing line tailored to people with special needs. The American fashion icon dropped the official video for the fall campaign, which features a familiar face rocking the season’s newest styles—Texas tween Hailey Villarreal, an aspiring actress with cerebral palsy.
Is Your Child with Disabilities Ready to Live Independently?
“I assumed Riley would live with us forever,” says mom Davila Niesen. Since her son was a baby, Niesen and…
The Best #MomWins We Heard To Get You Through the Holiday Season
“When you finally get to sleep past 6 o’clock in the morning because the handmade weighted blanket relaxes your child enough…
A Tuesday in the Life of Kim Martinelli, Speech Therapist and Mother of Two
A peek into the life of the Lake Highlands mother of two, balancing her career, family and life with her older son, diagnosed with Zellweger Spectrum Disorder.
SMU Alumna Elena Davis Shares Her Family’s Journey With Down Syndrome
Eight years ago, Elena Davis welcomed her first child, Luke, who has Down syndrome, and life changed forever. Since meeting at…
Normie Film Explores the Definition of Normalcy and Life
What makes us valuable? Is it our normalness, our abilities or simply that we are loved? Those are the questions…
Why Richardson’s Dina Alsaid Traded Her Pageant Queen Life for Autism Advocacy
Dina Alsaid of Richardson never imagined she’d be a pageant queen, and she certainly never thought she’d become an autism advocate. But the 37-year-old wears both titles proudly, along with the title of wife and mother of 2.
Life Goes On: Labels
Ethan, our 8-year-old, had his three-year reevaluation and annual ARD meeting recently. Yes, he still qualifies for special education services and all the therapies and supports that come…
Finding Child Care for Kids with Special Needs
While the rare child care facility will accept a child with serious medical needs or behavioral challenges on a case-by-case basis, parents’ best bet is finding a program developed specifically to help kids and young adults with special needs flourish. To help you out, we’ve curated a list of local child care options designed to do just that.