This was our best special needs family vacation yet—proof that flexibility, preparation, and tiny wins can add up to big confidence. If your family is planning a special needs vacation, these ideas may help. Just before I sat down to write this blog, I was on the phone with two of the people who are […]
Planning for Summer a Full Season Ahead
I have a friend who is quite spontaneous. From the last minute requests to meet for coffee to quick trips with her children, it is all done at the last minute and for her and her world, it works. But for me and my world? Not so much! I think something few people realize is that being […]
How Music Therapy Became our Next Best Step
For those who have been following our story on this site, you know that Elizabeth has struggled with speech and language throughout her life due to her disorders of Dyspraxia and Sensory Processing Disorder. And because of this, we have had some form of speech therapy throughout most of her life. I say a form […]
Middle School Awaits
It is funny but just as soon as you get used to something, that something changes. I am sure everyone can sympathize with that, right? Well, this is how I was feeling about Elizabeth’s new school year, her last year in elementary school. I had managed to figure out a few things: How […]
STEPPING OUT OF THE OASIS AND BACK INTO LIFE
It is funny or maybe not funny, but ironic that with a special needs child all the things you have in place and are working one minute can become things that need changed and adjusted the very next. I know the same can be said for life with typical developing children as I have two also, but the […]
ELIZABETH FINDS THE RIGHT FIT FOR HER
Something so unique about having a special needs child is that when most typical children are headed in one direction, you find yourself wondering if you should follow their lead, if it fits your child’s needs, or if you need to forge your own path, hope it fits your child’s needs and try to stand […]
2 YEARS OLD
As a parent, there is one side of your brain that knows the truth in a situation and there is the other half that can rationalize and adjust reality to fit the need or situation. We all know as parents that wonderful tug-of-war on the brain that we have all felt. Like when your child […]
I BELIEVE IN YOU: ELIZABETH INTRODUCTION
My name is Michele Gianetti and I am a mom to three wonderful children, gifts from God is what we call them. But our second child Elizabeth is the one who changed our world the most. She has special needs…specifically Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD) and dyspraxia. Our family has been on quite the journey since […]