About Today: Give Thanks for Your Child With Special Needs 11/24/10

From Jen Hubley, your About Today Editor It's easy to think of Thanksgiving as just an eating holiday, or, at the most, as an excuse to hang out all day with family and not go to work. But it's also a time to be thankful - for our families most of all.

10 Reasons to Give Thanks for Your Child With Special Needs  The holidays can be particularly rough on families with special needs children. The disruption to routine is often harder on those kids, and often, family members aren't as helpful as they could be. What Are You Thankful For About Your Child With Special Needs? What's the Worst Thing a "Loved One" Has Said About Your Child or Parenting? See More About:  thanksgiving  inspiration  special needs parenting

Celebrating Thanksgiving with Your Autistic Loved One  Worse, people who don't know your kids as well as you do might not get all the reasons you have to be thankful FOR them. (Not just around them.) 10 Tips for Understanding and Managing Your Autistic Child's Behavior Balancing the Needs of Siblings and an Autistic Child See More About:  extended family and autism  special diets for autism  living well with autism

Start a Thanksgiving Tradition With Your Child  The good thing about traditions is that you can always start new ones. I love the first tradition here: Decorating the house with your kids. How Do You Make Thanksgiving Special for Your Child? Special-Needs Kids and Special Occasions See More About:  thanksgiving  holiday help  special needs parenting

Family Gathering Survival Kit  Some of the items in this survival kit are extra hilarious: For example, the perfect thing for the relative who won't shut up about either your child's behavior or your parenting. 5 Ways to Boost Your Child's Self-Esteem 31 Ways to Tell Your Child "I Love You" See More About:  humor  family issues  holidays