FROM THE EDITOR
W
e are
pleased
to bring
you
(201) Family’s 2017
edition of Special
Parent. We hear from
readers every year that this annual
resource guide is an essential tool
for parents as well as organizations
in the area that provide services for
children with special needs.
Our cover story details how a
children’s book, My Holly: A Story
of A Brother’s Understanding and
Acceptance, helped a family cope
with a child with special needs.
Author Julie Leavitt Wolfe recounts
the experience as seen through her
son’s eyes as he learned about his
sister and the love that grew between
them.
In this issue, we also take a look
at fashionable adaptive clothing.
The non-profit Runway of Dreams
has teamed with designer Tommy
Hilfiger to launch a more fashionable
line of clothes.
Parents of children with autism
are always searching for strategies
to help their children reach their full
potential. Alpine’s Michelle Hasson
and her company, MitoMedical, have
created MitoSpectra, a supplement
designed to optimize the health of
dysfunctional cells present in the
bodies of a majority of those with
autism. ●
AMELIA DUGGAN
4 2017 EDITION | SPECIAL PARENT
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