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Parenting > Self-Care
When Guilt Takes Over: A Parent's Guide to Processing the Hard Emotions
...parents experience. It's intensified by grief cycles, systemic barriers that make...most parenting situations: Ongoing grief cycles. Many parents of children with...children with disabilities cycle through grief that doesn't resolve in a linear way....doesn't resolve in a linear way. You grieve the life you thought you'd have, the...
Parenting > Self-Care
How to Protect Your Marriage When Special Needs Parenting Takes Over
Daily rituals that maintain connection when caregiving crowds out everything else and why different grief timelines matter.
Parenting > Diagnosis
Your First 30 Days After Your Child's Diagnosis: A Week-by-Week Action Plan
...supposed to have it together, but because the systems you set up now will make everything that follows easier. This isn't about being productive through grief. It's about giving yourself a structure to lean on when your brain is still catching up. Week 1: Secure the Paper Trail. The first week is about capturing...
News > Sports
Patrick Halgren Has Skied for His Late Twin Brother for a Decade. On Monday, He Won His First Paralympic Medal.
...appears on his helmet, his gear, and in every interview where someone asks what drives him. Halgren doesn't talk about Lucan in sweeping terms or turn grief into performance. He dedicates every race to his brother because that's the deal. Not a public vow, just the private agreement that keeps him dropping...
Social Engagement > Support Groups
We're Not Alone: Finding Community And Support
...community and support available to you. "This Is Not Your Fault": Guilt, Grief, And Acceptance. It's not your fault. You didn't do anything wrong. No one...not to dwell on it. Instead, focus on the present and what you can do now. Grief is a normal reaction to loss. Accepting that the person is gone and that...
News > Sports
Rio Paralympics 2016: Closing ceremony tribute for Bahman Golbarnezhad
...cyclist Bahman Golbarnezhad, who died on Saturday. Sir Philip Craven, International Paralympic Committee president, said the movement was "united in grief". Referring to the success of the Games, Craven said the Rio Paralympics were "uniquely Brazilian and wondrous". Britain finished the Games with 147...
News > Advocacy
Survivor host Jeff Probst Speaks Out for Organ Donation
...daughter, Taylor, passed away from injuries received in a skiing accident on a family vacation in Colorado. In the midst of coping with their unfathomable grief, Todd and Tara decided to donate Taylor's organs. As a result, Taylor was able to save five lives through organ donation. In her memory, the parents...
News > Lifestyle
The Carpenter's Miracle on GMC
...drowned. Yes, he did drown. At the hospital Luke was pronounced dead and when his mother Sarah (Michelle Harrison) arrives she is inconsolable. Josh is grief stricken as well. Even though he did not know the boy, he felt a closeness to him after trying to save his life. Sarah said her goodbye to Luke, and...
Special Needs > Autism Spectrum
Communicating Who I Am With Autism
...October of 2007 I began the grieving process. What’s interesting...are many similarities in the grieving process I experienced to...many young mothers and fathers grieving their child’s new diagnosis....article last night that said the grieving process for parents of a...officially moving out of the grieving process. I finally just embrace...
Health > Mental Health
Mindfulness Awareness-Avoidance
Story reflects on how we cope with fear and grief, suggesting mindfulness over avoidance to handle emotions in a healthier way.
News > Employment
Girl with Down Syndrome Signed as Model
...syndrome, "we didn't know what to expect or hope for," Gemma says. "We were literally sent home with a booklet." Gemma and Robbie were unprepared and grief-stricken. "We couldn't help but selfishly wonder why this had happened to us." But Taya's parents decided that they would not dwell on their daughter's...
Financial > Financial Planning
What is a Living Revocable Trust?
...have young children at home. Sadly, situations can occur, and if the proper procedures are not taken while you were still alive, it can cause a lot of grief and even harm to your children after you are gone. This idea is especially true if you have a child with special needs. What is a Special Needs...