2024
Does This Church Welcome Families With Disabilities? 4 Things to Look For
When our family was looking for a church, we saw a statement on a church’s website about a commitment to families with disabilities and seeing them as a gift who…
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How to Face an Uncertain Future with Hope When Parenting a Child with a Disability
I received an email yesterday that left a pit in my stomach. I won’t go into all the details here yet, because I’m still hoping it was an administrative error.…
How to Find a Church That Welcomes Disability • Nakoa Dantzler Merritt
TAKE THE NEXT STEP PODCAST E33 — Will your child with a disability truly belong at church—or simply be accommodated? How can you recognize genuine welcome? How could a church…
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How Chronic Stress Affects Marriage: 5 Ways to Stay Connected Through Caregiving
What happens when a hard season doesn't last twelve weeks or even twelve months, but twelve years? I think about friends who have middle schoolers with a disability diagnosis who…
I Don’t Want to Take Away Down Syndrome
Okay, so tell me what comes to mind when you read the words, “Children with Down syndrome may no longer be born.” Here’s what those words bring up for me:…
Is Your Marriage Just Surviving? Disability, Chronic Stress, and Caregiving • Monica DiCristina, LPC
TAKE THE NEXT STEP PODCAST E32 — Are you exhausted from caregiving? Anxious? Burned out? Do you find yourself resenting your spouse or keeping score in your marriage over who…
2013
5 Ways to Help Kids With Disabilities Through Grief
I’ve talked with many parents of children and adults with intellectual disabilities who've experienced significant loss, and one of the things they've told me is that they didn't know how…
2018
White Picket Fences Turns 8
White Picket Fences turns 8 today! So here’s a little back story I’m not sure I’ve told here before. I started working on a book in 2015 that was about…
Special: A Middle-Grade Book Featuring a Girl With Down Syndrome as a Fully Realized Character
I’ve been on the search for a middle-grade book that portrays a young girl with Down syndrome as a fully realized character for many years. I wrote about this struggle…
When Grief Has No Words: Helping Kids With Disabilities Process Loss • Sissy Goff, LPC-MHSP
TAKE THE NEXT STEP PODCAST E31 —How can we help a child grieve when they may not have the words to tell us they’re hurting?Therapist Sissy Goff joins Amy Julia…
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