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The Place That Will Make You Actually Want to Take Your Kids to a Waterpark This Summer

January 29, 2020 by Erin Andrews 1 Comment

The Place That Will Make You Actually Want to Take Your Kids to a Waterpark This Summer

Last June, I reviewed Morgan’s Wonderland, an “ultra-accessible” playground/theme park. I promised I’d visit the separate water park there, and we went in August 2019. I figured the middle of winter is as good a time as any to write about the experience! I’ll start by saying that I hate, absolutely hate and abhor the […]

Filed Under: Disabled Parenting Tagged With: accessibility, adult child, disability, family, San Antonio, summer, waterpark, wheelchair

Back to School When School is Done

September 14, 2017 by Carla Charter Leave a Comment

Back to School When School is Done

This is it, the first time in 27 years for us. A year with no back-to-school rushes, no watching for sales, no picking out school clothes or visiting several stores to find the perfect backpack. There will be no lunches to pack and no waiting for vans to arrive. My youngest graduated in May, so […]

Filed Under: Disabled Parenting Tagged With: adult child, disabled child, disabled mom, reflections, school

Figuring Out Life Hacks as a Disabled Parent

May 25, 2016 by Ellen Ladau 3 Comments

Figuring Out Life Hacks as a Disabled Parent

In 1991, my husband Marc and I brought our newborn baby girl home when she was 9 days old. At the time, we lived in an apartment with several steps to enter.  This was just the first of many challenges I had to navigate as a disabled parent. I was born with Larsen’s Syndrome (LS), […]

Filed Under: Disabled Parenting Tagged With: accessibility, adapting, adult child, daughter, disabled child, disabled mom

Reflections From Parenting With a Disability

March 22, 2016 by Heather Watkins 1 Comment

Reflections From Parenting With a Disability

On a recent visit to the doc’s office that coincided same week my daughter returned to school, I welcomed verbiage bestowed upon me that included the following: “You lost 2 lbs, you have such white teeth, you don’t look old enough to have a child in college.” *Thinks well, it don’t crack* A bit less welcomed however […]

Filed Under: Disabled Parenting Tagged With: adult child, cane, daughter, disabled mom, muscular dystrophy, reflections, teenager

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