What Can I Do To Help

This question can be asked by both parents, siblings, and family members. It can also be asked by family friends and other people in communities with special needs kids. There can be a lot of people helped if this question was answered.

If parents want to help they can put the students with Intellectual or Developmental Disabilities in sports. There are great things they can do. If they are deaf they could be in football and possibly play at Gallaudet. Their football team is doing great! There are also other Special Olympic sports they can participate in if they have other disabilities. I am going to write a section on that for next week and will link it after I get it on.

There are other things parents can do to help like putting their kids in clubs or other activities. It does not have to be sports. There are so many things a child with a disability can do now. I am personally going to help put on a play that all the actors are high school aged children with disabilities soon. That will be a lot of fun.

Siblings can help by babysitting or doing a number of things. They can babysit their younger siblings, like most other siblings do. They can help drive them around or be there when they get picked up or dropped off. They can also help by doing simple chores around the house. It is already stressful having a child with a disability, but having a messy house to clean every night does not help.

Family members and friends can help by doing things similar to siblings. They can help watch the kids, provide help for parents, and even drive the other kids to activities. These are all things other parents do for each other. They can also provide a huge service to the parents and be moral support. This is a big deal to a lot of parents, because they do not get a lot of time to themselves and they sometimes just need to relax. They moral support can go a long way as well. Just knowing someone is there for you and you can talk to them makes life easier.

Others in the community can help by volunteering. This does not help parents, but helps the child. This helps get them friends and makes them feel more welcome in the community. It also is rewarding for yourself because there is nothing better than the feeling of helping someone.