How a Service Dog for My Son With Autism Impacted My Career

 By Skyler Phillips July 3, 2017 Some people dream of doing great things in their life, that was never me, but I believe sometimes God has plans for our lives we never see coming. As a veteran firefighter, I thought I was doing enough to serve my community, until one day all that changed. In 2010…

Lessons from A Different Path

Crystal Horner, Chattanooga, TN On January 2nd, 2008 I woke up in a hospital room with a small view of the rising sun. I had been up earlier that night giving birth to my first child. Hudson James Horner was born a bit abruptly as I had gotten an upper respiratory infection and had been…

Alternative Options Resource List

Many of us are in the same boat.  We are raising children with special needs.  The problem is, they didn’t come with a manual and there are things that happen with them that we can’t explain, medicine can’t explain, and mainstream medicine can’t always cure.  Our purpose at our last FamilyShare support group meeting of 2016…

Meaningful Ministry for Those with Disabilities

Stephanie Hubach, author of Same Lake Different Boat, is also mom to Tim.  Stephanie took the month of October to share some thoughts about Down Syndrome and various ways that it has impacted Tim as well as ways Tim has effected people’s view of  the abilities of someone with Down Syndrome. Post #8:  Down Syndrome…

Amanda Alexander To Be Honored in DC as Angel in Adoption

Senator David Perdue Honors Amanda Smith Alexander as an Angel in Adoption™ To Be Recognized at National Event in Washington, D.C. Congratulations to Amanda Alexander!  Amanda will be awarded the 2015 Angels In Adoption awardee for outstanding advocacy in adoption issues.  It has been  a privilege to walk alongside Bryan and Amanda through the last…

Turning Life’s Lemons into Lemonade: On Display

“Summer.  For special needs families it’s not just a season of humidity but a season of humility.  God always uses summer to once again reiterate how much I need Him every second of every day to walk this journey out. I’m slowly learning to embrace this season because I know God is working in me, but…

What I Learned From Homeschooling Anna

Did you ever wonder how parents of kids with extensive lists of diagnoses and therapies ever homeschool?  Amanda Alexander, mom to Anna, homeschools successfully in spite of Anna’s major diagnoses of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, Reactive Attachment Disorder, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder,  Oppositional Defiant Disorder, plus more than a dozen others. Anna has had many  therapies- speech,…

Dr. Ronald Federici – Care for Children International, Inc.

“Care For Children International, Inc., under the Directorship of Board Certified Dr. Ronald Federici (father to eight internationally adopted children), maintains an international reputation in the assessment and treatment of the most complicated neuropsychological, developmental and brain traumatic disorders. Care For Children International, Inc. is committed to providing the most comprehensive evaluation and state-of-the-art treatment…