Registration Now Open for the 2018 Eric 'RicStar' Winter Music Therapy Camp, aka RicStar's Camp

Jenna Taylor Photo. All rights reserved.

Registration is now open for the 2018 Eric 'RicStar' Winter Music Therapy Camp, aka RicStar's Camp.

Volunteer ops are also available, including for teens. Scholarships are available.

Check it all out here.

Mental Illness and Homelessness

A powerful, sobering read about mental illness and homelessness.

From the front page of last Sunday's New York Times. 

Read it here.

There but for the grace of God...

The Cow Whisperer at the Iowa State Fair

Take a minute to watch this great video about 11-year-old Alec and his steer at the Iowa State Fair.

Well worth the view. 

BRAVO! New Gerber Baby has Down Syndrome

The new Gerber Baby has Down Syndrome.

All I have to say about that is: groundbreaking and BRAVO!!!

Real all about this terrific news and Lucas here.

Music Helps Heal Injured Brains

MUSIC IS POWERFUL STUFF

Check out yet another news story about its value, here.

Dates for the 2018 RicStar's Camp have been announced!

Check it all out here.

RicStar's Camp Photo by Jenna Taylor. All rights reserved.

You can now check out all the 2018 updates to my website: www.JudyWinter.com.

That includes easy access to links to my social networking sites and YouTube videos featuring some of my Special Needs Parenting Tips, and much, much more.

Explore, learn and enjoy!

Judy Winter Images. All rights reserved.

HEADS UP!

LONG-OVERDUE BLOG/WEBSITE UPDATES COMING VERY SOON!

THANKS FOR YOUR PATIENCE AND YOUR CONTINUED VISITS.

IN THE MEANTIME, CATCH ALL MY UPDATES ON MY FACEBOOK PAGE.
BreakthroughParentingForChildrenWithSpecialNeeds

Happy New Year!

Judy Winter Images. All rights reserved.

Let disappointments of the old year go and dream big for the new.

Happy New Year!

Judy Winter's Holiday Special Needs Tips

Judy Winter Holiday Images 2015

Here are a few of my video suggestions for ensuring a less-stressful holiday season for families of kids with special needs.

Hope it helps.

Watch it here.

Merry Christmas

Judy Winter Holiday Images 2015

Holiday Words of Wisdom: Helen Keller.

"The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart."

'Tis the Season of Giving to the Eric 'RicStar' Winter Music Therapy Camp

RicStar's Camp. Erik Taylor Photography.

As you plan year-end giving, please consider a gift to the Eric 'RicStar' Winter Music Therapy Camp, aka RicStar's Camp.

This yearly, award-winning music-therapy camp, now in its 14th year, welcomes individuals of all ages and disabilities into a summer-camp setting focused on nurturing and celebrating individual abilities.

Everyone is equal there.

No one is turned away from RicStar's Camp because of disability or financial need. Many campers could not attend this amazing event were it not for the scholarships we provide because of your generous support. 

Many campers return year after year, calling it the highlight of their year.

RicStar's Camp and music therapy change lives.

Please help us do that again for this too-often underserved and undervalued population in 2016.

From the bottom of our music-loving, ability focused hearts, thank you.

Find out more here. Watch the great camp videos, too. 

Check out my Facebook Page

A reminder that more regular special needs posts appear on my professional Facebook Page: Breakthrough Parenting for Children with Special Needs.

Check it out.

Joshua Perry. Ohio State Linebacker and Special Needs Sib Extraordinaire

Joshua Perry is an talented Ohio State linebacker and all-around great young man. 

He's also an outstanding special needs sibling. His brother, Jahred has Asperger's syndrome.

Watch the story here. 

Holiday Self Care

Judy Winter Holiday Images 2015

What have you done for yourself lately?

Oxygen mask on your own face first, especially during this trying holiday season.

Take time for YOU.

Permission granted.

World Cerebral Palsy Day, October 7th, 2015

In honor of today's World Cerebral Palsy Day, my baby and on-going muse, Eric.

Never forgotten. 

Always in my heart.

Always.

Words to live by?

"Start by doing what's necessary; then do what's possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible." -Francis of Assisi.

Find me on Facebook!

A reminder that more regular posts and daily special needs updates appear on my professional Facebook page. 

Visit me there, too.

Tim Shriver talks with Robin Roberts

Tim Shriver, Chairman of Special Olympics, speaks to Robin Roberts in this ESPN piece.

Check it out!

Hometown hero, indeed, but on a worldwide stage.

Well said, Tim!