Accessible Treehouse
Hayden is a 7-year-old who, like most other children his age, has a sense of adventure. Hayden was born with spina bifida and cerebral palsy, and has been a wheelchair user his whole life. He loves to play with his…
Doing Your Best: Parenting a Child With a Disability
Mindy says she knew when her son Oliver was just three months old, that his development was not on the same track as her daughter's was at the same age. When doctors told her that Oliver was just a "late…
Para-Archer’s Experience with Sports in School
As a teenager, all Syahidah Alim ever wanted was to join in a campfire and enjoy the wild outdoors. Normally an activity where children learn to test their own limits, Syahidah first had to deal with those who placed external…
Pint-Sized Ballerina
Madeline is a young girl who loves to dance. Her older sister was enrolled in a ballet class, and “of course Madeline wants to do everything her big sister does,” shares Madeline’s mom Aimee. And so the tiny dancer began…
No, I Won’t Hide My Daughter’s Disability From Her
Madeleine and her twin brother Reid were born prematurely at 25 weeks gestation. Their parents, Alana and Matt were told that Madeleine may end up with cerebral palsy due to multiple brain hemorrhages she experienced at birth. After waiting to see…
Teen’s Tips for Raising Confident and Independent Children
As a young adult, Abdi’s loving parents have helped to shape him into a confident and independent person. Growing up with cerebral palsy, Abdi has some perspectives on how parents can support their children with disabilities, so that they…
See Beauty In Your Child
Jarene was born six week premature, and when doctors told her mother, Sally, that Jarene was unable to swallow, Sally admits she was initially shocked, and didn’t fully understand all the implications of this statement. https://youtu.be/0AQdr1ilgW0 From the moment Jarene…
Young Man With Autism Designs Prime Minister’s Wife’s Purse
When Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and his wife Ho Ching visited the White House in 2016, all eyes were on what Ho Ching was carrying: a purse made out of dinosaur fabric designed by a youth with autism. See Toh…
Having A Daughter With A Disability Changed Me
“Has having a daughter with a disability changed you?” Chuck Chapman was recently asked this question. When his daughter, Chrissy, was 6 months old, her pediatrician noted that she was not reaching certain developmental milestones. When Chrissy was 2, they learned…
Finding Deaf Culture and Identify
Knowing our rights can make a world of difference in how we perceive the world. As a child, accounts and administrative assistant Lisa Loh did not enjoy celebrating Chinese New Year, a festive period of each year that children enjoy the…