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9 Covid 19 Coping Tips for Special Needs Families. By Carolyne Destiny The changes that came with the ongoing pandemic caught everyone unprepared. No one had a how-to Covid 19 hack. Everyone was first thrown off and we are all slowly bouncing back into a new normal. In quick succession, schools were closed and parents had to transform overnight into teachers. I still have some of the jokes and memes that flooded the internet as parents ‘expelled’ their own kids on day one of school. The isolation that followed was the hardest to deal with, for many. Explaining to children why they can’t go out to play with their friends was one of the hardest things to do. As the lockdown and stay at home directive took course, it was evident that we all needed coping mechanisms. While it was hard on everyone, it was a tad, a big tad harder for special needs families. While schools provide a routine and structure, equipment, learning aids, therapies and professionals, all these were s

How We Got Our Groove Back   BY Carolyne Destiny Covid 19 struck and with it came, as hard as it has been, some changes which in the long run maybe working together for our good. In this season, I have seen families do picnics in their front yards, kids play with their parents and couples take long walks together. While the circumstances around Covid 19 have forced many families to adopt this new lifestyle, I pray that this wonderful family and marriage strengthening activities continue even after the pandemic. On our end, we discovered that we had also gone on a go- slow as far as family evening activities were concerned. One of the reasons our evening were not synchronized was because my husband was hardly home on time for the activities. After trying a few times, we dwindled and let go altogether, something we shouldn’t have done. Now that we are all home, we decided to pick up from where we left and it has been amazing. We introduced an activity after our daily devoti

9 Covid 19 Coping Tips for Special Needs Families.   By Carolyne Destiny The changes that came with the ongoing pandemic caught everyone unprepared. No one had a how-to Covid 19 hack. Everyone was first thrown off and we are all slowly bouncing back into a new normal. In quick succession, schools were closed and parents had to transform overnight into teachers. I still have some of the jokes and memes that flooded the internet as parents ‘expelled’ their own kids on day one of school. The isolation that followed was the hardest to deal with, for many. Explaining to children why they can’t go out to play with their friends was one of the hardest things to do. As the lockdown and stay at home directive took course, it was evident that we all needed coping mechanisms. While it was hard on everyone, it was a tad, a big tad harder for special needs families. While schools provide a routine and structure, equipment, learning aids, therapies and professionals, all these wer