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

“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

“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

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

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

“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

“And I am still learning to love my child the way he needs to be loved—not the way it’s most convenient for me.”
― Jolanta Kigele, They Don’t See Me: A Mother’s Memoir of Autism

“I see your child, whose world experiences a seismic shift at the slightest change.”
― Jolanta Kigele, They Don’t See Me: A Mother’s Memoir of Autism

“There is no manual for raising special needs children, and we all make mistakes. But our mistakes are exactly what teach us to feel deeper and see clearer.”
― Jolanta Kigele, They Don’t See Me: A Mother’s Memoir of Autism

“You don’t have to be a perfect parent. You only have to walk this path together with your child. Step by step. Inch by inch.”
― Jolanta Kigele, They Don’t See Me: A Mother’s Memoir of Autism

“Never let a white coat decide your child’s worth—sometimes even the biggest names in the field are totally blind.”
― jolanta kigele, They Don’t See Me: A Mother’s Memoir of Autism

“If your instinct tells you that you’re in the wrong room, trust it.”
― Jolanta Kigele, They Don’t See Me: A Mother’s Memoir of Autism

“The life that used to be filled with voices and shared adventures suddenly fell silent. The phone stopped ringing. The invitations dissolved. One by one, the doors closed. We were the ones left standing outside.”
― Jolanta Kigele, They Don’t See Me: A Mother’s Memoir of Autism

“We didn’t know what to say’ is the ultimate shield for the emotionally lazy. It shifts the burden from their comfort to your survival, suggesting that if they can’t find a perfect, polished sentence, you aren’t even worth a broken one.”
― Jolanta Kigele, They Don’t See Me: A Mother’s Memoir of Autism

“It took a time to realize that their silence wasn’t about my child’s inability to fit into their world. Not at all. It was about their inability to expand theirs.”
― Jolanta Kigele, They Don’t See Me: A Mother’s Memoir of Autism

“No, it wasn’t the end of the world. But knowing that you are being systematically erased from the lives of your friends—and worse, your own relatives—simply because your child has special needs, is a pain that guts you out from the inside.”
― Jolanta Kigele, They Don’t See Me: A Mother’s Memoir of Autism

“Convenient doesn’t mean better. Your child is not convenient, but he is magnificent, and you know it. Stop waiting by the fence for people who are too small to appreciate his world.”
― Jolanta Kigele, They Don’t See Me: A Mother’s Memoir of Autism

“He was teaching us to love him not for what he achieved or how well he masked his struggles, but simply because he existed.”
― Jolanta Kigele, They Don’t See Me: A Mother’s Memoir of Autism

“We had spent years trying to prepare him for the world, completely underestimating his ability to conquer it on his own terms.”
― Jolanta Kigele, They Don’t See Me: A Mother’s Memoir of Autism