“It seems like it has been forever. But i getbthe feeling that forever hasn't even started yet.” — John Passaro Copy Share Image
“When parents observe a church culture of acceptance, they are more likely to disclose their child's diagnosis.” — Amy Fenton Lee Copy Share Image
“Place had an ill or special needs sibling and needed time together with others in the same situation.” — Melissa McClone Copy Share Image
It always helps to know that other parents with special-needs children are surviving, and surviving well. — Joni Eareckson Tada Copy Share Image
“As I was wheeled into the operating room I pleaded with God for one more day, one more week, one more month… — Ariana Carruth Copy Share Image
A woman needs to be told she is beautiful. She needs to be told she is valued. She needs to be told… — Thomas S. Monson Copy Share Image
If every child matters, every child has the right to a good start in life. If every child matters, every child has… — Cherie Blair Copy Share Image
Special-needs rescues and older rescues have always had a close place in my heart, because those are the ones that tend to… — Beth Ostrosky Stern Copy Share Image
“Having a child with special needs, behavioral disorders, and learning difficulties can be one of the most difficult weights to bear. And… — Amber Lia Copy Share Image
“When parents don't empower a children's ministry team with information to successfully care for their child, everyone loses.” — Amy Fenton Lee Copy Share Image
What happens when kids don't have glasses - they get bored in class. They disengage and they may be disruptive. They may… — Neil Blumenthal Copy Share Image
“My faith has strengthen. God has shown me through my son with Down syndrome to not take anything for granted. I'm more… — Yvonne Pierre Copy Share Image
“It's the church's responsibility to thoughtfully, intentionally, and respectfully engage everyone - because God loves them all. That's the gospel being lived… — Amy Fenton Lee Copy Share Image
“But in a home where grief is fresh and patience has long worn thin, making it through another day is often heroic… — Melanie Bennett Copy Share Image
Missionary zeal does not grow out of intellectual beliefs, nor out of theological arguments, but out of love. If I do not… — Roland Allen Copy Share Image
I don't think most people understand that when I wasn't running for president, I was working. Because I have to earn income.… — Rick Santorum Copy Share Image
“You need to consider the constraints on your time, your current family and work responsibilities, your energy levels, the ages of your… — Crystal Paine Copy Share Image
“The process of reforming the mental health system never includes the complaints that families and caregivers have regarding a need for increased… — Tamara Hill, MS Copy Share Image
“Hearing those four little words, 'Your child has autism,' can hit parents like a Mack Truck, leaving them scared, confused,and overwhelmed. Once… — Deanna Picon Copy Share Image
“A diagnosis . . . should not be used to close doors, but rather to open them wider, by making modifications in… — Bonnie Buxton Copy Share Image
“The big-picture goal of a church's special needs ministry is to facilitate a sense of belonging inside the bigger body of Christ.… — Amy Fenton Lee Copy Share Image
“No one has ever seen the wind. We've only experienced the effects and the results of the wind. And none of us… — Amy Fenton Lee Copy Share Image
We might as well expect to grow trees from leaves as hope to build up a civilization or a manhood without taking… — Anna Julia Cooper Copy Share Image
“In churches that care about special needs inclusion I have found that the single biggest determinant for a child's success is the… — Amy Fenton Lee Copy Share Image
“Even if the family is wrestling through theological issues related to their child's diagnosis, it is less important that the church leader… — Amy Fenton Lee Copy Share Image
Literary history and the present are dark with silences . . . I have had special need to learn all I could… — Tillie Olsen Copy Share Image
“to say that they have learning difficulties or that they have special needs. But this is stupid because everyone has learning difficulties… — Mark Haddon Copy Share Image
“In fact, God may be working in and through their circumstances, and we can't know completely how God is working through any… — Amy Fenton Lee Copy Share Image
“While misperceptions and fears rooted in pride are not the responsibility of the person making an online comment or writing a public… — Amy Fenton Lee Copy Share Image
“Parents feel a greater connection to their faith community when they observe visible ways the church makes accommodations for their child. Anticipating… — Amy Fenton Lee Copy Share Image
I left school with basically nothing, I was a special needs kid. I did feel as though my school had let me… — Jamie Oliver Copy Share Image
“As a church, we need to be very careful about developing and expressing opinions on these topics.” — Amy Fenton Lee Copy Share Image
Chapter 11 is an expensive process that does not accommodate the special needs of farmers. — Tim Holden Copy Share Image
