Our mission

Family Voices aims to achieve family-centered care for all children and youth with special health care needs and/or disabilities. Through our national network, we provide families tools to make informed decisions, advocate for improved public and private policies, build partnerships among professionals and families, and serve as a trusted resource on health care.
Utah Family Voices assists families of children with special health care needs/disabilities and the professionals who work with them. Utah Family Voices is staffed by parents of children with special health care needs who have experience and expertise in navigating the maze of services and programs.

Thursday, December 12, 2013

Happy Holidays from Utah Family Voices!

The Twelve Days of Christmas
(Special Needs Version)
·         On the first day of Christmas, the good Lord gave to me: a child with special needs.

·         On the second day of Christmas, the good Lord gave to me: a heart full of love for my child with special needs.

·         On the third day of Christmas, the good Lord gave to me: an ache in my heart and a heart full of love for my child with special needs.

·         On the fourth day of Christmas, the good Lord gave to me: a tear in my eyes, an ache in my heart and a heart full of love for my child with special needs.

·         On the fifth day of Christmas, the good Lord gave to me: an unsuspected strength for the tear in my eyes and the ache in my heart and my heart full of love for my child with special needs.

·         On the sixth day of Christmas, the good Lord gave to me: a ray of hope, an unsuspected strength for the tear in my eyes and the ache in my heart and my heart full of love for my child with special needs.

·         On the seventh day of Christmas, the good Lord gave to me: a sense of humor, a ray of hope, an unsuspected strength for the tear in my eyes and the ache in my heart and my heart full of love for my child with special needs.

·         On the eighth day of Christmas, the good Lord gave to me: supportive friends and family, a sense of humor, a ray of hope, an unsuspected strength for the tear in my eyes and the ache in my heart and my heart full of love for my child with special needs.

·         On the ninth day of Christmas, the good Lord gave to me: remarkable doctors, teachers, and therapists, supportive friends and family, a sense of humor, a ray of hope, an unsuspected strength for the tear in my eyes and the ache in heart and my heart full of love for my child with special needs.

·         On the tenth day of Christmas, the good Lord gave to me: an appreciation of small accomplishments, remarkable doctors, teachers and therapists, supportive friends and family, a sense of humor, a ray of hope, an unsuspected strength for the tear in my eyes and the ache in my heart and my heart full of love for my child with special needs.

·         On the eleventh day of Christmas, the good Lord gave to me: a sense of pride and courage, an appreciation of small accomplishments, remarkable doctors, teachers and therapists, supportive friends and family, a sense of humor, a ray of hope, an unsuspected strength for the tear in my eyes and the ache in my heart and my heart full of love for my child with special needs.


·         On the twelfth day of Christmas, the good Lord said to me: Reach out and share your sense of pride and courage, your appreciation of small accomplishments, your remarkable doctors, teachers and therapists, your supportive friends and family, your sense of humor, your ray of hope, your unsuspected strength for the tear in your eyes and the ache in your heart and your heart full of love for your child with special needs.

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