A blog about loving and raising a son with special needs
My son used to have very limited access to tube feeding supplies. When we were still living in the Philippines, I sourced a lot of James’ needs online via donations from other special needs parents living in the U.S. Through their generosity, we were able to get feeding pumps and bags that we used for…
“Failure to thrive.” That’s a medical diagnosis that any parent wouldn’t want to hear about their child with special needs. But that was what we got many years ago. Our son wasn’t gaining any weight and continued to get thinner and thinner as his dysphagia (swallowing difficulties) worsened. Ironically, James looked like a healthy baby…
Being a special needs parent has many challenges so it is always nice to know that we are not alone in our journey.
Hello and welcome! Since blog titles do not allow strikethroughs, the complete phrase above should be, Why “Embracing Disability This Ability”? I worked as a journalist when we were still living in the Philippines. For years, several of my editors kept encouraging me to write about our journey as a family loving someone with cerebral…