Farewell to our friends at Too Peas – it’s the end of an era, or pea’ra, for all their avid listeners and community. We all know how parenting a child with a disability can be lonely and isolating, but over the past five years there’s been a constant, chatty companion many of us have turned to as a source of comfort, entertainment and camaraderie.  “Too Peas in a Podcast” has been so much more than just a show for many of us disability parents; Mandy & Kate’s empathy, insightful discussions, humour and honesty created a safe space where our joys, struggles, …

By Christine Cronin “He’s too big to be in a chair” “My he’s gotten so big, I remember when I first said ‘hello’ to him, that a was a few years ago now. He’s gotten big. Still so happy and always gives me a wave or a flower.” Two comments I heard from two different strangers this week. A few years ago the first comment would have hurt me. It would have cut me deep and made me worry. I would have filled with thoughts of fear and shame. I would have believed the very core of it. He IS too big to …

By Ange Warren Remember the early days, where we had small kids who kept us busy each and every day, and it was hard to imagine it being any other way? Then puberty comes along, which can sometimes feel like an overnight transformation of little kid to sassy kid, and a whole new stage of development greets us! Source Mama Ange, shares her perspective with us. Puberty. I feel like the age between 8-11 was the ‘sweet’ spot for my kiddo. We grew, we were in such a great predictable routine. Learning new daily living skills, regular therapies, reaching goals – they …