By Mary Ellen Bogucki About 10 months ago, I decided to share some of my daughter, Bree’s story, through Exceptional Blog. My wish is to give hope to others and share what worked and didn’t work for us along our journey. Also, my desire is to educate those who may not understand certain challenges our loved ones face. Bree, has had some amazing opportunities and has been extremely blessed to experience much success in her […]
by Miriam Gwynne I fell in love with my children long before they were born. I will never ever forget that moment I first held them skin to skin. There was a bond that I felt could never ever be broken. I felt they were a part of me from the moment I found out I was pregnant. I loved feeling them move and kick and hearing their little hearts beat at every check up. […]
by Tulika Prasad You see red flags in your child’s development, you apprehensively look all over the internet, hoping to read “it’s nothing to worry about”, however,your next visit to the pediatrician aggravates your concern as you check off a list of milestones missed and you finally find yourself staring at a sheet that screams AUTISM back at you. Some of you feel a sense of relief, and some are shattered at the news. Many parents […]
By Mary Ellen Bogucki Raising a child with special needs is a lifetime of learning to maneuver untraveled roads. When I say untraveled, I don’t mean that no one has ever gone that way or had these experiences before. What I mean is that for the parent, it may be new, unfamiliar or unknown territory. Well, at least it was for me. Before having my youngest daughter, I wasn’t exposed to the world of […]
by Marguerite Elisofon The title of this article suggests I’m either crazy, dreaming or overly optimistic. What autism mom in her right mind would encourage her daughter on the spectrum to choose acting as a career? Yet here I am—knowing that it’s next to impossible for a neurotypical actress to succeed—becoming the momager of a young woman with serious social challenges. But the possibility has become more tantalizing and real since my daughter Samantha […]
