Friday, September 7, 2018

Bullies Meet Their Match When You Mess With Their Sibling With Special Needs

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I was talking with Marissa the other day school about with Mackie and the fact that he has friends and inclusion.  It brought back m...
Monday, October 23, 2017

A Halloween Miracle in Teal by the Little Town That Could for Mackie

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Sweet Treats 2017, Lancaster Wisconsin Mackie is seven and  loves Halloween.  Mackie is our little guy who is medically complex and is...
Monday, March 20, 2017

Special Needs Adoption and What Will It Mean for Our Kids.

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When we adopted our children from the foster care system, we were promised Medicaid to piggy back with our insurance to help defray the c...
Friday, January 6, 2017

Wake Up Adoption Community and Start Asking How Block Granting Medicaid Would Affect our Adoptive Familes

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When we adopted our children with Special needs from the foster care system. They came with a promise of Medicaid to defray the catastrophic...
Tuesday, March 29, 2016

Mackie and Technology: Adapting and Downloading Worksheets for Preschoolers to iPad

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Getting ready for Kindergarten and we know that for Mackie to be successful, assistive technology and adapting his worksheets will be nec...
Friday, October 30, 2015

An Autism Win and A Story: Fighting for What Was Right.

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I have learned the very hard way that I had to fight for services and treatments for my children. With our daughter Becca who was born w...
Tuesday, September 15, 2015

Taking the High Road

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We have been working with Mackie's school to accommodate his unique needs. After the bus fail, I am driving him to school.  We are f...