Parenting a Special Needs Child An interesting thing happened to me this week. I am preparing for my special needs child, Marky’s, IEP (Individualized Education Program), which always causes me such anxiety. I decided to call a friend to vent and share some of my feelings. She asked: “How is he doing in school?” I …
Carissa Garabedian is the publisher of Know Different and mother to a special needs child in Richmond, Virginia. On her website she shares her commitment and passion on reaching into the lives of special needs families in Richmond as well as her thoughts on turning fifty. Many of you have read that I recently turned fifty. I had a …
Carissa Garabedian can be found at her website, KnowDifferent.net, where this post was originally published. There she writes about her life parenting a special needs child. Parenting advice from friends and family is hard enough to listen to without adding the Special Needs component. Things change when that comes into play. Even though these things are …
