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5 Practical Tips for Successful (and Joyful!) Playdates with a Special Needs Child

October 27, 2014 by Aprille 3 Comments

The world is a big, uncertain place for all little ones, and forming friendships with families of all kinds helps prepare them for it!

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Community in the Midst of Special Needs

October 24, 2014 by Aprille 4 Comments

What if in building your walls of protection and barricading hearts you shut out the ones who just might actually want to stay? Community is a two way street. If you don’t let them in, you will never know the ones who truly love well.

So, what if you let down that wall and just let them in?

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Posted in: Friendship & Community, Special Needs Parenting Tagged: autism, community, friendship, special needs

Special needs and community: how walls are built

October 21, 2014 by Aprille 4 Comments

Before bridges can be built, walls must be torn down. And before walls can be torn down, walls must be understood.

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Posted in: Friendship & Community, Special Needs Parenting Tagged: community, comparison, denial, disbelief, discomfort, friendship, ignorance, isolation, misunderstanding, relationships, special needs

She made time for me {takeaways from #allume}

October 28, 2013 by Aprille 6 Comments

And then she knelt down next to me, asked me questions, and got to know me as well as anyone can in a ten-minute conversation. I felt understood and noticed and cared for.

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What to do when your church isn’t meeting your needs

July 25, 2013 by Aprille 27 Comments

I’m asking you to focus less on the problem and consider the possibility you could in fact be part of the solution.

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Posted in: Messy Faith, Personal and Spiritual Ramblings, Recovering Perfectionist Tagged: (in)RL, church, community, deployment, grace, incourage, legalism

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