Hey parents, do you remember when your little toddler got past sitting up, crawling, and then started pulling up on the furniture? You smiled, laughed, shouted encouragement, so excited about the next thing, those first steps. It's kind of like that now, 20 years later, with your young adult child. She's close to taking some... Continue Reading →
Are there things you do to help yourself get along every day? Do you have any helpful hints that might help someone in school or at work? I work as a teacher who travels all over our county seeing students who have trouble with their vision. Here's a list of 5 things that help me... Continue Reading →
Making Books -- Gaining Skills Dots Paper Scissors is part of Eden Transition Alliance. It's a project that produces tactile pictures books for young children, especially targeting blind toddlers who have few options for learning about tactile images. The book makers include young adults with various disabilities. They are learning to use office machines (die... Continue Reading →
Orange tabby cat face, ears, and paws We moved from outside of Mason, where there were about 15 houses near each other, to a "new to us" house outside of Eaton Rapids. It has about 7 acres of scrubby, rolling land with a few small trees. There are some BIG trees, pine, spruce, oak, and... Continue Reading →
Best new discovery in the housing journey: Show Me the Rent .com is a website that allows you to search for apartments – including accessible units – in any area of the state. Take a look at what is available in your area. No guarantees of completeness, but it is a place to start. Let... Continue Reading →
If you're like me and my family, you've been muddling along, getting things done, but hoping for a big change so that you can feel confident about going out and getting together with friends and family. But, if you ARE like me, you're still a little puzzled about what to do, how to spend time... Continue Reading →
... we might be at Bestsellers Books and Cafe. You might be the parent of one of the girls in the social group meeting in the next room. I'd be talking with you and other parents for a few minutes about your news and resources you might need. If we were having coffee right now... Continue Reading →
Katie's mom and dad were so proud of her. She'd gotten her own apartment, and was really happy about it. Of course, it'd only been a day or two since they finished moving her in. She was 24, and had collected a bunch of furniture over the past couple of years, so she was ready... Continue Reading →
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In our family, celebrating the birth of Christ is part of our faith tradition. Most families have traditions, but ours are changing as our children reach adulthood. First of all, the three girls in our family (ages 24, 21, and 15) are busier, with their own social commitments. We just aren't together as much as... Continue Reading →
Eden Transition : Journey to Adulthood 