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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.
6 Places for Energetic Kids with Special Needs
Let the littles burn off some of that excess energy at one of these Dallas-Fort Worth indoor play spaces for kids with special needs.
Howdy Homemade Ice Cream Serves Up Employment for Special Needs
Founder of Howdy Homemade, Tom Landis, employs people with special needs with the hope that many of his fellow restaurant owners will follow.
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.
Sensory-Friendly Santa Experiences in Dallas-Fort Worth
May your 2018 holiday season be merry and bright with these sensory-friendly Santa experiences in North Texas.
Our Favorite Kids Gifts at Goop’s Holiday Pop-Up
Gwyneth Paltrow & co. have converted their hit pop-up in Highland Park Village into an IRL version of Goop’s famed gift guides, just in time for the holiday season. Now through Dec. 24, you can swing by the boutique to experience the goopiness for yourself.
5 Laws & Programs Every Special Needs Parent Should Know
Creating a financial plan for your child’s care is imperative—so is understanding the do’s and don’ts under the law. What…
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.
Meet Terry Stotts, the Dallas Special Ed Teacher Equipping Kids To Give Back
Terry Stotts has 35 years of teaching under his belt—or more precisely, his tool belt. As the construction technology teacher…
Is Your Child with Disabilities Ready to Live Independently?
When your child transitions into adulthood, where will they live? What will their day look like? We take a look at options for independent living.
How to Handle Meltdowns (and Other Bad Behavior)
We’ve all been there. You’re out running errands with your child, and you need to stop at Target. This wasn’t…
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…
5 Things to Do in November and December for All Abilities
Lone Star Camp for Limb-Different Athletes Register ASAP for your child’s spot at these sports workshops designed specifically for limb-different youth ages…
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 Down Syndrome Journey
The Lakewood mom of three balances teaching dance lessons, her family and self-care, amidst her son’s diagnosis of Down syndrome.
BILLY’s Shoes Are For All Abilities
Finding kids’ shoes that are easy to put on can be a stumbling block—especially when you can’t try them on…
Shayna’s Place and Hugs Greenhouse Hire People of All Abilities
Shayna’s Place at Sylvan Thirty is hiring people of all abilities to bus tables, serve food and run the DJ…
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…
What to Know (and What to Do) About Air Pollution and Your Child’s Health
As a parent, you’re likely well aware of the harmful toxins that lurk in everyday cleaning supplies, cosmetics and skincare…