Special Needs Podcast Roundup – Week of December 5, 2011

Every week, the Special Needs Podcast Roundup brings you brand new episodes of podcasts that discuss topics that are relevant to parents of kids who have special needs. This week, you can find advice about searching for health information online, information about celiac disease, and more! Family Health Radio posted an episode in December of 2011 called “Looking for health information on the web”. This episode discusses the benefits and disadvantages of the availability of health information that can be found online. It results in better informed patients, but, it also can cause people to feel anxiety over misinformation. Parents … Continue reading

Text and Email Break-ups

We live in a very high tech world. Technology is the now thing. It is everywhere. We now text more than we talk. We email more than we use the postal service. So is it appropriate for couples in relationships to take advantage of these new ways of communication? In many ways yes. I love receiving a sweet text from my husband. Texting and emailing are great ways to remind each other of tasks or just to say hello. However, these types of communication may not be best when it comes to more important issues. For example, breaking off a … Continue reading

Hello From Another Special Needs Parent

Hello and welcome to my blog about special needs parenting. My hope is that this will be informative and helpful to you all, as I know it will be to me as I research and discuss each topic. I plan on going over many different subjects, from attachment to schooling. I am very excited to start this venture and I know it will be rewarding. A little about me My name is Nichole True; I am a full time mom and part time retail associate. In September of 2006 my husband and I brought our first child home from Guatemala. … Continue reading