We often forget that many Bible stories contain heroes, God’s chosen, who faced unique personal challenges and hardships.
Special Needs
World Down Syndrome Day is notably important – discrimination through prenatal screening has been occurring at startling rates worldwide.
An amazing journey for a family can start with special needs adoption.
Do humans have value? Singer, Josh Wilson, says yes!
Parenting a child with developmental delays can be challenging. The good news is that help is available for your child.
We can encourage the faith of a child with special needs by giving them opportunities to worship according to their abilities and preferences.
The inclusion of people with disabilities in our churches isn’t merely a pro-life issue. It is also a Biblical one.
Raising your child with special needs well is a marathon, not a sprint. Teaching social and behavioral skills will take time and energy.
Moms have the same fundamental desire: safety and the best for their kids. But women with disabilities and those in poverty lack the same opportunities.
While motherhood usually includes plenty of challenges, most women are not prepared for the crises that may occur. As moms learn to adjust to motherhood in difficult situations, they will often find joy in unexpected places.
If there was one vastly underestimated resident at The Manor, it was Will, the doctor with Down syndrome.
For those of you with children with special needs, here are some tips that may help your children hold on to the recent gains they’ve made in school and in therapy sessions, while they’re learning at home.
Dr. Tyler Sexton can’t do everything, but his positive attitude and his unwavering belief that God loves him have helped him overcome many of the limitations of his cerebral palsy.
Looking back, it’s funny to me how God had to convince us that a special needs adoption was the right path for our family – because I now consider every adoption to be “special needs.”
Some children struggle to process sensory information that they see, hear, taste, feel or touch. They may also have difficulty with balance.
Before my daughter’s diagnosis, I held out hope that everything would be OK once we figured out what was wrong. But God had a different plan for Taylor’s life. For our lives.
Dr. Tyler Sexton, a physician who has cerebral palsy, discusses the link between disabilities and bullying, and explains how parents can strengthen a disabled child before bullying occurs, recognize if their disabled child is being bullied, and respond to the child and others in a healthy and Christ-like way.
When you have kids with disabilities, guilt can seem overwhelming. Learn how to move past it.
The world labels our oldest son as disabled, but most days I don’t see it that way. His disabilities do not define him. Still, I can’t deny the heartache I sometimes feel when I find myself comparing our eldest to his siblings.
For Kristan Hawkins, the pro-life debate is more than just a profession. As a mother raising children with cystic fibrosis – a deadly genetic disease – the value and dignity of every human life is a deeply personal ethic that she lives with every day.