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Back to School Is Not Simple: What It Really Looks Like for Special Needs and Neurodivergent Families

For most families, back to school means new backpacks, first-day photos, and the quiet relief of returning to routine. For parents of children with special needs and neurodivergent kids, it means something else entirely. It means reviewing IEPs before the school year starts and wondering if this will be the year the accommodations actually get […]

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The Summer Nobody Talks About: Parenting a Child With Special Needs When School Lets Out

Last summer, I let myself feel hopeful. We hadn’t found a camp that could work for my son — not one, in years of looking. But he’s my energizer bunny. Always moving, always needing something active, something outside, something to match the sheer amount of energy he carries. I thought maybe, just maybe, the right

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