{"id":7859,"date":"2016-09-30T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-09-30T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/grace-filled.net\/?p=7859"},"modified":"2017-09-30T20:29:27","modified_gmt":"2017-10-01T03:29:27","slug":"31-days-of-parenting-kiddos-with-special-needs-and-so-it-begins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/grace-filled.net\/?p=7859","title":{"rendered":"31 Days of Parenting Kiddos with Special Needs: And So It Begins"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/grace-filled.net\/specialkids.jpg\" alt=\"31 Days of Parenting Kiddos with Special Needs\" \/><\/center><\/p>\n<p>So here we are again.  The <a href=\"http:\/\/write31days.com\/\">Write 31 Days<\/a> challenge is upon us and I had to come up with a topic for this month.  As it is constantly on my mind these days, I picked &#8220;parenting kiddos with special needs&#8221;.  I am hoping that whatever I write will help to encourage or educate or at least resonate with someone and make them feel less alone in their parenting.<\/p>\n<p>This post will be stuck at the top of my blog for all of October so that y&#8217;all can have links to the things I am writing.<\/p>\n<p>For the sake of disclosure, the graphic for this event is a picture of Daniel taken by his physical therapist at a park date with her in December 2011 and altered in MS Paint.  (<a href=\"http:\/\/canva.com\">Canva<\/a> wasn&#8217;t doing it for me this time.)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/grace-filled.net\/?p=7890\">Day 01: My Story<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/grace-filled.net\/?p=7896\">Day 02: Developmental Delays<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/grace-filled.net\/?p=7901\">Day 03: Autism<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/grace-filled.net\/?p=7905\">Day 04: ADHD<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/grace-filled.net\/?p=7914\">Day 05: IEP&#8217;s and 504 Plans<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/grace-filled.net\/?p=7918\">Day 06: Blogger Spotlight on Mary of \u201cPassionate Perseverance\u201d<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/grace-filled.net\/?p=7935\">Day 07: Blogger Spotlight on Kelly of &#8220;This Ain&#8217;t The Lyceum&#8221;<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/grace-filled.net\/?p=7945\">Day 08: Doctors<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/grace-filled.net\/?p=7953\">Day 09: Information Literacy<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/grace-filled.net\/?p=7960\">Day 10: School Choices<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/grace-filled.net\/?p=7970\">Day 11: You Know You\u2019re The Mom of A Developmentally Delayed Kid\u2026<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/grace-filled.net\/?p=7973\">Day 12: ID Bracelets<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/grace-filled.net\/?p=7979\">Day 13: Checking In<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/grace-filled.net\/?p=7982\">Day 14: Snarky Answers to Stupid Remarks<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/grace-filled.net\/?p=7990\">Day 15: Blogger Spotlight on Rebecca of &#8220;Backwards in High Heels&#8221;<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/grace-filled.net\/?p=7999\">Day 16: Choosing Life (I)<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/grace-filled.net\/?p=8004\">Day 17: Choosing Life (II)<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/grace-filled.net\/?p=8007\">Day 18: Autism Speaks<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/grace-filled.net\/?p=8012\">Day 19: A Day in My Life with Daniel<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/grace-filled.net\/?p=8023\">Day 20: Blogger Spotlight on Kathleen of &#8220;So Much to Say&#8230;&#8221;<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/grace-filled.net\/?p=8026\">Day 21: Choosing Life (III)<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/grace-filled.net\/?p=8031\">Day 22: Hospital Bags<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/grace-filled.net\/?p=8042\">Day 23: An Example of Being Thankful in the Midst of Crisis<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/grace-filled.net\/?p=8045\">Day 24: Marital Impact<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/grace-filled.net\/?p=8050\">Day 25: Mental Health<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/grace-filled.net\/?p=8054\">Day 26: A Re-Blogged Guest Post<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/grace-filled.net\/?p=8060\">Day 27: Inspiration Pr0n<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/grace-filled.net\/?p=8064\">Day 28: Autism Sleep Issues<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/grace-filled.net\/?p=8067\">Day 29: Blogger Spotlight on Cammie of &#8220;Beyond Pearls&#8221;<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/grace-filled.net\/?p=8072\">Day 30: Food Issues<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/grace-filled.net\/?p=8077\">Day 31: Vaccines and Autism<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So here we are again. The Write 31 Days challenge is upon us and I had to come up with a topic for this month. As it is constantly on my mind these days, I picked &#8220;parenting kiddos with special &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/grace-filled.net\/?p=7859\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1,2,7,70,17,10,67,68],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7859","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-life","category-faith","category-memes-and-link-ups","category-parenting-kids-with-special-needs","category-personal-issues","category-web-schtuff","category-write-31-days","category-write-31-days-2016"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p38xoO-22L","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/grace-filled.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7859","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/grace-filled.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/grace-filled.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/grace-filled.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/grace-filled.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7859"}],"version-history":[{"count":36,"href":"http:\/\/grace-filled.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7859\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8549,"href":"http:\/\/grace-filled.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7859\/revisions\/8549"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/grace-filled.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7859"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/grace-filled.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7859"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/grace-filled.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7859"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}