Happy Father’s Day to the father of my child with special needs. When we got married, we made the traditional vows of “sickness and health”. Never once did it cross my mind that the sickness would involve our child.

I am on my couch, googling “travel backpack-special needs-forty plus pounds.” We are - deep breath - taking a family vacation to Colorado in July. We will try all the things I was too worried to try last time...I will be braver so he can be braver.

As I watched my son get ready for prom that morning, my feelings were mixed. My son was over the moon about his big day, and I didn’t want to take that from him. Yet, with everything in me, I believe that he shouldn’t have to accept a substitute prom, or anything else for that matter.

Until we began to carve out our home to make it accessible to our son with cerebral palsy, I did not know I could plan his path to freedom or how I would feel once he took it.

People seem to see my child’s disability first, him as a human being second. The desire to engender understanding on behalf of my child has fostered empathy in me.

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We hadn’t even made it to the Target toy section when he laughed and cupped his hands together to sign “more.” I followed his line of sight up to the advertisement of the boy in the camo pants and the ball cap who also happened to be standing with a walker.

Gloria G. is from California, and was one of forty finalists chosen out of the over 1,000 entries to...

A special needs mom can feel invisible and exhausted, making a special day set aside to appreciate her especially meaningful. Here's how to show her some extra love this Mother's Day.