Special Needs Children Quotes

“Presuming that a nonspeaking child has nothing to say is like presuming that an adult without a car has nowhere to go.”
― Ellen Notbohm, Ten Things Every Child with Autism Wishes You Knew

“For the rest of his life, he realized, he would be torn like this, aware of Phoebe's awkwardness, the difficulties she encountered in the world simply by being different, and ye propelled beyond all this by her direct and guileless love. By her love, yes, and, he realized...by his own new and strangely uncomplicated love for her.”
― Kim Edwards, The Memory Keeper's Daughter

“But Luce takes the attitude, when you start fretting the day-by- day you lose track of the long view. And the long view is, they need to learn to speak for themselves and do the best they can. For now, if they bag their own lunch and it's pickles and prunes and they say the words, all you do is put both thumbs up and say, Good job.”
― Charles Frazier, Nightwoods

“Having a special-needs child didn’t just change you; it transmuted you, transported you to a parallel world with an altered gravitational axis.”
― Angie Kim, Miracle Creek

“Embrace the unique way your child is blooming -- even if it's not in the garden you imagined.”
― Jenn Soehnlin, Embracing This Special Life

“My ears work. My brain understands. Can't you see I am a REAL PERSON?”
― Carol Cujec, Real

“When others focus on what your child cannot do, see it as an opportunity to focus on who God is and what he can do through you and your child. Sometimes inability is the vehicle for experiencing the blessing of God's powerful presence and provision.”
― Amy E. Mason, Bible Promises for Parents of Children with Special Needs

“It takes a special reader to experience a special book, and allow the inspiration, inevitable in the process, to move him to action.”
― Cameile Graham, Justin is a Special Eight

“It was all about release, about letting go of the unknowns.
I was having a disabled child and that was that. There were no hidden truths to discover. I would not know anything about her birth, her survivability odds, all her ailments, until her life actually unfolded.”
― Ariana Carruth, Love for Our Afflictions: Allowing Pain to Pave the Way to Peace

“If you are sincerely looking for God, you are sure to find him because he will never abandon anyone who wants a relationship with him. In fact, your difficulties can help you look more intently for God so that you can see him- right by your side.”
― Amy E. Mason, Bible Promises for Parents of Children with Special Needs

“When the human heart starts tightening under pressure, God's heart releases love and grace. There is more than enough in God's economy.”
― Amy E. Mason, Bible Promises for Parents of Children with Special Needs

“When you keep eternity in mind, you can grow from the trials of you experience, knowing that your difficult circumstances will end with this earthly life.”
― Amy E. Mason, Bible Promises for Parents of Children with Special Needs

“There is a wealth of evidence that people with Williams have a much stronger emotional response to music than the average person does. Even young children with Williams who can't talk yet suddenly start crying when they hear a sad song.”
― Jennifer Latson

“The beauty of children is in their adaptation, we must nurture their spirit and never put limits on their potential; the plan we have for them may be the very thing that limits them. Never forget they are whole as they are, we are the ones that have to learn to listen differently.”
― Dana Hall LCPC, MA, TF-CBT

“I think that’s a special thing...that your daughters will get to grow up and see a woman and a mom who’s making lots of time and space for them, but who’s also making time and space for herself. That changes everything.”
― Ashley Asti, Up: A Love Letter to the Down Syndrome Community