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Why Does The Term “Special Needs” Still Exist?

Leave a Comment / disabilty / April 8, 2021

I don’t have special needs, but I’m pretty special. I have disabilities. Disabled isn’t a bad word. Here’s why the term Special Needs is outdated.

6 Comments / education, parenting / March 24, 2021

Pandemic parenting, with zero alone time, can be challenging. And sometimes a mama (this one) loses her cool.

Leave a Comment / disabilty / March 22, 2021

Drinking is a good way to deal with stress. Or at least, that’s what I thought. Here’s a story about when I realized this wasn’t true.

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