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Read or write and share with others. The stories shared in this space may be funny, heartbreaking, frustrating, or even ordinary. But they will all be real stories, from real families. Interested in contributing and sharing your story? Share A Story!

Adventure for Ava

Adventure for Ava is a Alaskan based non profit focused on helping families with special needs capture memories outside.

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Adventure for Ava 2020 Annual Report 

We served four families, delivering over over 400 photos to them. Producing four inspirational films receiving over 24k organic views, spreading stories of love and positivity. See what our families have to say about their experience and review more of the numbers behind our first year. Click on the button below to view the full annual report.

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Barbe’s Story – Part I

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So here I am pretending I know what I’m doing in writing a “blog”, and to be completely honest, I have no idea what I’m suppose to say. Nor have I ever written “outside-the-box” (well, there was a couple poems for the magazine “Seventeen” many moons ago). People often ask me, how I got in Learn More

My Journey to understanding respite…

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Nearly three years ago, all at once, my spouse and I became parents to three children, two of whom experience FASD. During the first year, we lived in an absolute dichotomous reality. The day was either good or, more frequently, hellacious. Nothing in-between. On good days, activities were predictable, routines went undisturbed, modifications were simple, Learn More

Graduation Day!

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Graduation Day. It’s here. After more than 15 years of school. A day filled with pride, excitement, anticipation…and relief. A day we were never sure we would have the opportunity to celebrate. There were no guarantees he would graduate. And, as with most things concerning Connor, he kept us guessing until the very last assignment Learn More

DREAMS WITHIN REACH: Parents Teach Reading

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Blond heads tilt together. My 5 year old son’s slender arm wraps affectionately around his 6 month old sister’s shoulders. Gently he grasps and moves her hand to stroke a picture in the book and then continues reading to her. Kaleb’s face beams and eyes shine as he shares one of his favorite activities with Learn More

The world from another point of view…

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Let’s face it, being the parent of a child with special needs can be one of the most amusing jobs on earth. There are a lot of emotions that we experience as parents and family members. Often, the ones we talk about the most are negative and difficult to deal with, but sometimes, it is Learn More

My Guilt and its Impact on Caregiving

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Susan Tanori is a mother of a daughter with autism and a Stone Soup Group Parent Navigator in Fairbanks, Alaska. Below she describes how a recent training she provided “became a confessional.” Read on to see how she opened up about some of the most difficult aspects of being a caregiver. Recently, I presented a workshop on “Caring for Learn More

How A Girl Overcame Her Fear Of Dogs To Enjoy The Family Pets

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Susan Tanori is a Stone Soup Group Parent Navigator in Fairbanks, Alaska. Her daughter has been diagnosed with autism. This is her story of how her family dealt with some of her daughter’s phobias using Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) and a process called “desensitization.” My daughter began to show signs of being afraid of dogs Learn More

Welcome to the Stone Soup Group blog!

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We are creating this space to share stories and spark conversation between our families and yours. We want this to be a safe, thoughtful, informative, practical connection for parents raising kids with special needs. As SSG’s Executive Director, I was asked to write the inaugural blog post. And, to be honest, I’ve procrastinated. I’ve started and stopped Learn More