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Fun and Games for Special Parents

You can't always find the respite care you need to take a break from your children, but if you can steal a moment now and then, you can have a little fun online and maybe blow off some steam. Try these time-wasters and guilty pleasures, and you may even get a few good ideas for entertaining your kids, too.
Site of the Day
Looking for somewhere good to surf? Stop by this Site of the Day listing for a daily destination of interest to parents of children with special needs. Images indicate the topic under which the site falls. Listed here are the sites or pages featured each day in October, 2008. For more sites, visit the
Site of the Day
Looking for somewhere good to surf? Stop by this Site of the Day listing for a daily destination of interest to parents of children with special needs. Images indicate the topic under which the site falls. Listed here are the sites or pages featured each day in September, 2008. For more sites, visit the Site of the Day
Looking for somewhere good to surf? Stop by this Site of the Day listing for a daily destination of interest to parents of children with special needs. Images indicate the topic under which the site falls. Listed here are the sites or pages featured each day in July, 2008. For more sites, visit the Parenting Special Needs Site of the Day
Looking for somewhere good to surf? Stop by here first for a daily destination of interest to parents of children with special needs, to parents in general, or to anyone looking for diversion or guilty pleasure.
Fun Things to Do Today
Running out of inspiration? Here's a handful of things to do -- with your kids, or for your own procrastinating self -- to keep you informed, amused and occupied.
Alphabet Soup Quiz
Test your knowledge of common special-needs acronyms with this quick and silly quiz.
Alphabet Soup Quiz: Special-Education Edition
Do you know your IEP from your FAPE? Test your knowledge of special-education acronyms.
Have a Little Fun with a Weekly Quiz
A weekly multiple-choice quiz offers 10 questions related to entries in the Parenting Special Needs blog at About.com, with one humorous answer among the more serious ones.
Question of the Day
A daily poll on issues concerning children with special needs, their parents and families.

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