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How to Help Your Child with Special Needs Build and Keep Friendships
Social Engagement > Friends and Family

How to Help Your Child with Special Needs Build and Keep Friendships

By Julia Rivera

Practical strategies to help your child develop genuine friendships through shared interests, structured programs, and home practice.

Supporting Siblings of Children with Special Needs: A Parent's Guide
Social Engagement > Friends and Family

Supporting Siblings of Children with Special Needs: A Parent's Guide

By Julia Rivera

Age-specific strategies for helping siblings thrive, from toddlers to teens, with guidance on preventing parentification.

Building a Support Network: A Guide for Families Raising Children with Special Needs
Social Engagement > Friends and Family

Building a Support Network: A Guide for Families Raising Children with Special Needs

By Julia Rivera

Framework for building family support networks: delegation strategies, extended family education, and preventing isolation.

Young Man with Down Syndrome Starts His First Job and Looks Amazing Doing It
Social Engagement > Friends and Family

Young Man with Down Syndrome Starts His First Job and Looks Amazing Doing It

By Julia Rivera

A viral Reddit video shows a young man with Down syndrome responding to his mom's compliment at work with one word: 'Always.'

Supporting Siblings: A Parent's Guide to Helping All Your Children Thrive
Social Engagement > Friends and Family

Supporting Siblings: A Parent's Guide to Helping All Your Children Thrive

By Julia Rivera

Practical tools for balancing attention, preventing parentification, and supporting the siblings of children with special needs.

Two Moms Couldn't Find Reliable Sitters for Their Kids with Autism. So They Built Their Own Network.
Social Engagement > Friends and Family

Two Moms Couldn't Find Reliable Sitters for Their Kids with Autism. So They Built Their Own Network.

By Aiden Moore

Most parents who have a child with significant care needs have tried calling a local babysitter. They have also stopped calling after the first few went quiet at the mention of autism, or arrived unprepared for a nonverbal teenager who communicates through behavior. Jen Ivey and Tessa Quinlan know t...

He Stopped Mid-Race to Kiss His Mom. Then He Went Back to His Lane.
Social Engagement > Friends and Family

He Stopped Mid-Race to Kiss His Mom. Then He Went Back to His Lane.

By Julia Rivera

A Special Olympics athlete spotted his mom cheering from the sideline, broke off from the pack, ran over, and kissed her. The crowd erupted. His mom laughed and cried at the same time, the kind of sound that makes complete strangers feel it in their chests. Then he did something nobody expected: he ...

Fostering Inclusive Experiences for Children with Special Needs
Social Engagement > Friends and Family

Fostering Inclusive Experiences for Children with Special Needs

By Julia Rivera

Social engagement empowers special needs children, fostering relationships, communication, and self-esteem through inclusive activities.

Inclusive Easter Activities for Children with Special Needs
Social Engagement > Friends and Family

Inclusive Easter Activities for Children with Special Needs

By Julia Rivera

Inclusive Easter activities for special needs children: sensory-friendly egg hunts, bunny hop dance parties, and Easter-themed sensory bins.

The Future of Social Engagement for People with Special Needs
Social Engagement > Friends and Family

The Future of Social Engagement for People with Special Needs

By Julia Rivera

Innovative tech enhances social engagement for people with special needs: AAC tools, social robots, VR.

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