#304: Normalizing and Organizing Special Needs Parenting with Amanda Cunningham

Struggle Well School

Emily Thomas

Education, Health & Fitness, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity, Self-improvement, Mental Health

5.0 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 11 July 2022

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

This week we hear a story about walking through a difficult diagnosis and strategies to struggle well while raising a child with developmental disabilities.

Meet Amanda Cunningham, founder of The Glory Days Co., a company that provides organizational tools for parents and caregivers of special needs children. Amanda’s daughter Aurora “Rory” was born with an unexpected diagnosis of Down Syndrome. When looking for tools to support her in this new role as a special needs parent, she found nothing. Desperate, Amanda created an organizational system that is now The Glory Days Daily Planner - the first daily planner for children with special needs. This planner launched an entire line of products which serve parents who are living the day-to-day with a special needs child in their home. Amanda and her husband live in West Virginia with their three kids.

WHAT WE CHAT ABOUT:

The day to day of one special needs mom
Ways to serve special needs families well
The period of grief after receiving a shocking diagnosis
Supportive Instagram communities for down syndrome families: #nothingdownaboutit | #upsyndrome | #t21
Inclusive book ideas to add to your home library: Eli, Included | Different--A Great Thing to Be! | Leo and the Octopus | More
The Down Syndrome Diagnosis Network

CONNECT WITH AMANDA:

website | instagram | facebook | planner

CONNECT WITH REBECCA:

website | instagram | patreon

CONNECT WITH KATE:

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CONNECT WITH EMILY:

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Transcript

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0:00.0	The symptoms I forget, the affection is my innocence
0:06.0	It's just the way it is, life gets rough around me edges
0:11.0	Peace is just a perspective, shift the way
0:14.0	In a beggar Emily in Kate
0:18.0	I hear the hurt, this is mom struggling well
0:25.0	Because we're all in this together
0:30.0	You're just mom struggling well
0:33.0	Welcome, you're listening to the mom struggling well podcast
0:36.0	The podcast that helps you love your actual life
0:38.0	So you don't need to run away from home
0:40.0	We believe that perfection is nonsense and peace is a perspective shift away
0:43.0	Today we're back with another interview
0:46.0	So that you can add to your struggle well toolbox
0:49.0	Once a month you're going to hear from one of us
0:52.0	As we have a conversation with someone who we think will add value to our strong community
0:57.0	Yes, today is my interview I sat down with Amanda Cunningham
1:01.0	I heard about her resources
1:04.0	At the same time I was taking a class on policy
1:07.0	Where we were learning about the Americans with Disabilities Act and like how quick
1:12.0	It was basically like welfare policies in America
1:14.0	And like how quick you can go from being a dad to a car crash
1:18.0	Now you're disabled, the mom was a stay at home mom
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