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How Xbox’s Video Game, Skate, Helps My Special Needs Son Safely Navigate His Environment

It also made him a better skater in real life!

8 min readMar 27, 2024

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How Xbox’s Video Game, Skate, Helps My Special Needs Son Safely Navigate His Environment

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My Son Misses His First Family, Who He Has Never Met

Why adoptees should be told they were adopted early in life

8 min readFeb 13, 2024

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My Son Misses His First Family, Who He Has Never Met

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Navigating Medical Procedures With Your Autistic Child

Proven tips to ease anxiety.

4 min readJan 16, 2024

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The Day I Realized My Son Was Black

Of course, I knew he was black when the caseworker brought him to my home one afternoon in April. Her exact words were, “I have a biracial…

4 min readDec 6, 2021

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The Day I Realized My Son Was Black

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Redefining Strength: How a Special Needs Mom Developed Thick Skin

Sticks, rocks, and a pair of shoes whizzed past my face as my 5-year-old son with Autism and Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder threw whatever…

7 min read2 days ago

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Redefining Strength: How a Special Needs Mom Developed Thick Skin

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My First Miraculous Healing Occurred During One of the Best Moments Of My Life

How I almost missed my son’s adoption hearing

5 min readMar 5, 2024

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My First Miraculous Healing Occurred During One of the Best Moments Of My Life

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Crushed Dreams Turned Into Unexpected Blessings When I Let Go

On my 50th birthday, he said “goodbye.”

6 min readFeb 8, 2024

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Crushed Dreams Turned Into Unexpected Blessings When I Let Go

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Calm Amidst Chaos: Three Steps to Restoring Peace in the Home Raising Kids on the Spectrum

Jacob* slept later than usual and was naked in his room when I went to get him up at 7 o’clock. As he saw me, he immediately started…

6 min readFeb 1, 2024

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Calm Amidst Chaos: Three Steps to Restoring Peace in the Home Raising Kids on the Spectrum

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Is it Right to Arrest an Autistic Child and Put Him in Jail?

What happened to Brendan Depa could one day happen to my son

6 min readDec 30, 2023

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Is it Right to Arrest an Autistic Child and Put Him in Jail?

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The Homeless Man who Lived Under His Wheelchair

When my kids and I found Dave, he was lying on the sidewalk next to a busy, littered road as cars whizzed by. The top of his matted…

6 min readDec 14, 2023

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Alexandra Christensen

Alexandra Christensen

Top Writer in Parenting, follower of Jesus, photographer, birthmom, foster & adoptive mom sharing what matters most to me with the talents God has given me.

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