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The Red Couch Is A Year Old:  8-9-12

The Red Couch Is A Year Old: 8-9-12

By Jill Edelman M.S.W., L.C.S.W . 08/09/2012

The Red Couch Is A Year Old: The Ability Beyond Disability services manager, mover and shaker of our daughter’s residential component, invited the two moms and the residential staff to lunch to mark a year since the ladies moved into their cozy duplex/CRS (Continuous Residential Support) on August 1 in Ridgefield, Connecticut. The atmosphere and […]

The Busy Life Of A Special Needs Adult: 6-25-12

The Busy Life Of A Special Needs Adult: 6-25-12

By Jill Edelman M.S.W., L.C.S.W . 06/25/2012

Swimmingly: In the last six weeks our daughter’s special needs adult life has been going along swimmingly, pun intended. She participated in Connecticut’s Special Olympics aquatic state finals, including spending two nights in a Southern Connecticut State University dormitory. She received a medal for her excellent riding (her “seat” as they call it) at the […]

Mom, I Know I Was Born With Eggs: Parenting Adult Special Needs One Month At A Time

Mom, I Know I Was Born With Eggs: Parenting Adult Special Needs One Month At A Time

By Jill Edelman M.S.W., L.C.S.W . 05/17/2012

Checking In: More than six weeks have gone by since I last posted on our daughter’s adult special needs life, and a busy six weeks indeed. During that time our twenty-two-year old daughter started a new volunteer job at Best Friends in Norwalk, an animal daycare and grooming center, and continued her two other vocational […]

A Year’s Journey From All Sides Now:  03-26-12

A Year’s Journey From All Sides Now: 03-26-12

By Jill Edelman M.S.W., L.C.S.W . 03/26/2012

All Sides Now: There is no easy way to end this series of posts on parenting adult special needs. Do I summarize, itemize, measure growth, anticipate challenge or celebrate accomplishment? Do I thank and applaud or alert and inform? Shouldn’t I be doing all of that? My hope is that I have done all of […]

Closing In On A Year & Building Trust: 3-12-12

Closing In On A Year & Building Trust: 3-12-12

By Jill Edelman M.S.W., L.C.S.W . 03/12/2012

March 30, 2011: In a little more than two weeks it will be a year since the first post on Parenting Adult Special Needs: One Day At A Time. Last week our daughter’s entire team of staff members from ABD (Ability Beyond Disability) and her DDS (Connecticut Department of Developmental Services) case manager sat down […]

Social Graces and Seven Months: 2-27-12

Social Graces and Seven Months: 2-27-12

By Jill Edelman M.S.W., L.C.S.W . 02/27/2012

Demo Day: Saturday our family attended “Demo Day” at the Pegasus Equestrian Center in Brewster, New York, where our daughter, along with other students, demonstrated her equine knowledge and skill acquired in their “Horse & Me” winter “unmounted” program. At the stable, each student in her class stood by a horse while they and their […]

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