When Alternative Communication Breaks Down
What about the times when Hope refuses to sign or gesture or flat out do anything except melt into the floor in a sobbing heap of inconsolable toddler frustration?
Category Archives: Thoughts
Can Your Child Receive Too Much Therapy?
We may have no clue where we are headed or what the road will feel like beneath our uncalloused feet, but we go because the only thing worse than hurting trying is the fear of looking back at time wasted.
Benefactor or Victim of an Imperfect System’s Flawed Test?
Why a DS diagnosis doesn’t automatically open doors to therapy is at least a thinly veiled prioritization of state funding that doesn’t value this vulnerable population.
Why Our Story?
When we set up At Her Own Pace this past summer, I struggled over whether this was a self-serving or selfless venture. After all, we had quit most forms of […]
Dispelling Myths: My Baby Is Not Always Happy
The world needs to know that Hope isn’t just going to grin and bear experiences that displease her.
Mainstreaming Mommy
Mainstreaming—including children with special needs in a typical classroom—is something we think about regularly, despite Hope’s young age. We think about when we will introduce her to our town’s public […]
Why We Didn’t Kill Our Unborn Baby
Many couples make the gut-wrenching decision to terminate their pregnancies for reasons that are nearly impossible for the average person to comprehend. My heart breaks for the families that can’t […]
Don’t Ever Let Go
“If you’re always holding her while she naps, you’re going to spoil her.” Exactly. A lot of people are shocked that we hold Hope for her two daily naps, including […]
A 16th Century Depiction of Down Syndrome
While surfing the Internet, my baby girl sound asleep in my arms, I came across this nativity painting, which is currently on display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art: It […]
