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Greetings Jeanne, 9/11/2007

We are so pleased to announce a new web site designed just for parents of

children with special needs: http://www.soulsupporter.com/

- Visit Soul Supporter Now! -

This new site provides guidance and support for parents and caregivers of

children with special needs and includes original stories right from the

book, Chicken Soup for the Soul, Children with Special Needs. We've just

launched the site and would love your help, advice and support. In addition

to heartwarming stories, the site includes:

Discussion areas to share your thoughts on Special Needs topics

Forums to ask questions and receive insight from other parents

Online articles and resources about raising children with special needs

Original stories from parents and caregivers like you

The ability to directly connect with other parents and the community

Helpful support from experts and people who have been there

Handpicked merchandise for children with special needs

- Join Soul Supporter -

What Parents Say About Soul Supporter

A blessing and wonderful resource for other parents whose children are born

with autism and other disabilities.....thank you !! - Lauri K.

I was quite impressed with the scope and depth of information and

encouragement available on this site. - S.

The website is beautiful...once you start reading you can't tear yourself

away. Thank you for letting all of us share our stories of the children who

changed our lives. - J.

The Story Behind the Web Site

During my research collecting stories for the book, Chicken Soup for the

Soul: Children with Special Needs, I received a letter from Shari McMahon

regarding a chance meeting she had with a woman who like her had a child

with a disability. Shari wrote, " We were strangers on the same journey and,

because of that, we were not strangers at all. "

This got me to thinking, does everyone who participates in raising a chid

with special needs connect and bond on such a level so deep and personal and

known, though difficult to explain?

So I decided to launch SoulSupporter.com, a website dedicated to supporting

parents of children with special needs -- where parents could go to share

stories, get advice, and connect with other members of their community. I

think Guppy, one of our Featured Columnists sums it up best in her

first article to fellow SoulSupporters:

" So, while on the one hand I'm welcoming you to a sorority of sisters that

you never wanted to join in the first place, I on the other hand, welcome

you based on the fact that no where else in the world, and with no other

group of people, will you be more " welcomed " - than here among your fellow

soul supporters. Here, we'll love, we'll laugh, and we'll cry. Here, we'll

share stories, and we'll support one another. Welcome. "

I hope you find the site useful. Please register and add your comments and

feedback to the forums so we can build a site that truly helps you and your

community.

- McNamara, Co-author of Chicken Soup for the Soul: Children with

Special Needs.

- Join Soul Supporter Today - Featured Story - Remembering 9/11

Heroes in Our Family

There are some moments that we never forget, in days that would otherwise

have been quite ordinary. When I heard that my younger sister was pregnant

with her first beautiful daughter, that news transformed her in my mind from

who she had been when I was eight years old, to who she would be for the

rest of our lives.

When I was pregnant with my son, my mother and I took my sister's developing

relationship with my daughter as evidence of her potential to become the

wonderful mother she turned out to be. This was fortified by my sister's

instant connection with my son when he was born; the effort she made to find

information and resources... More

About the Author

Pam 's articles have appeared in Northwest Baby and Child, Mothering

Magazine, and the Northwest Ethnic News. More

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