From the day we first started the Friendship Circle Blog last April we have taken an interest in what people write about in their own blogs. We were blown away with the amount of quality articles written on a regular basis.
Whether the content was focused on parenting tips, humor, life stories or just general support and guidance, you come away with the realization that there is a community out their that shares your joy, your pain, and your challenges.
Every few weeks we would like to highlight a few blog posts that we thought were great reads. Below are seven blog posts to start with. Hope you enjoy. Also if you know of any blogs that you think we should be reading (don't be afraid to promote your own blog) let us know in the comment section below.
11 Life Lessons learned from having a child with autism
Laura Shumaker, writer, autism advocate and mom to a son with autism writes about the life lessons you can learn from having a child with autism.Laura's Column appears regularly in the San Fransisco Chronicle's City Brights Section
PECS makes me cry
Sunday Stillwell talks about how her son came home with a Valentines Day Poem "written" in PECS and what that meant to her. Sunday has been writing in her blog Adventures of Extreme Parenthood since 2008. She has two boys with Autism.
TogetherBrenda runs a blog called Mama Be Good. In the blog post titled "Together" Brenda talks about how she joined the Special Needs community and how much it meant to her. Brenda focuses on the fact that regardless of the various diagnosis each child has it is so important to encourage and provide support to a new special needs parent
Flying With Emma
Emma’s Hope Book is a blog written by her mother, Ariane Zurcher about her daughter’s journey through a childhood of autism–and their hopes for her future. In the post "Flying with Emma" She tells of traveling with Emma and peoples reactions when they are told Emma has autism.
Planning a Simple Sensory GardenCaitlin WrayIs a mom to three boys, one of whom has Aspperger Syndrome. She writes a guest post on the blog Hartley's Life with Three Boysabout planning a garden that will allow children with special needs to to use all eight of their senses (sight, smell, sound, taste, touch, vestibular, proprioceptive and introceptive).Books for kids with special needs: what's encouraging Max to read
Ellen Seidman blogs over at Love That Max, an award winning blog that talks about the trials and tribulations of their son Max who was born with Cerebral Palsy. Along the way she provides resources to other moms with children who have special needs. In this post she talks about books that make it easier for children with special needs to learn how to read.
From an overwhelmed parent
Elana is a wife and mother to five fabulous daughters two of them with special needs. She writes regularly for the Friendship Circle Blog. In her latest post she talks about how she keeps her sanity even when she feels overwhelmed.
Tzvi Schectman is the Family Coordinator for the Friendship Circle of Michigan and the Editor of the the Friendship Circle Blog. You can connect with Tzvi on LinkedIn and Google+