Playing fun games together affords a perfect opportunity for both personal and social development and an opportunity to learn and grow together as a family.

Developmental age-appropriate toys - When choosing toys for your child, it is important to consider developmental age. This is especially important for children with delays and disabilities.

Luckily, there are no "real" sports designed specifically for family participation. I say "luckily" because this gives us permission to make up our own leisure-recreation sport. The sport that we make up together is very likely to be the very sport that we can all have fun playing together.

Adapted sports offers the opportunity to achieve success in a very short time period; to use this success to build self-confidence and focus on possibilities instead of dwelling on what can no longer be done.

Coloring Therapy uses the activity of coloring as a self help medium. While coloring (with felt tipped markers, colored pens, pencils, etc) a state of consciousness similar to meditation occurs.

Poetry for children is a way to cultivate your child's imagination and critical thinking, and poems should be a part of every child’s life. Childhood is the critical stage when children should discover the wonders and benefits of poetry.

A scrapbook is a decorated photo album, but different from a photo album because it preserves something more than just the photos. Scrapbooking tells the story behind the photos, as well as memorabilia (tickets, certificates, letters, etc.)

Save money shopping online, using discount coupons. There are two main types of Internet shopping promotions that you will see while browsing online. One is called the "coupon code" or "promotional code" and the other is a "link only" promotion. Most online merchants will offer one or the other when running online promotions.

Collecting family recipes represents more than delicious food ideas. They can reflect bygone eras and become a legacy from past generations.

Children's books offer education and entertainment as well as comfort to young readers. Reading books to children is the single most important activity a parent can do to prepare a child for future academic success.

The creative process of making of arts and crafts is both healing and family life enhancing. Arts and crafts for children allows for emotional expression and healing through nonverbal means.

When thoughtfully planned, accessible gardening eliminates physical and attitudinal barriers to gardening, creating an area where people of all ages and abilities can garden. All you need are a few simple adaptations to the area, methods, and equipment.

Music therapy can help children on their journey of self-growth and understanding and can be an effective intervention tool for persons with disabilties. Music is effective because it is nonverbal communication, a natural reinforcer, immediate in time, and successful because almost everyone responds positively to some kind of music.

Have fun in your own backyard and enhance your child's appreciation of nature, by providing homes for our wild friends by starting a backyard wildlife habitat. It's easy to create and a pleasure to see the beautiful birds, butterflies and animals in your own backyard.

Whether you are having a family celebration, holiday, birthday party, anniversary, family reunion or other get-together, here are a few party planning tips and ideas to help make it a success.

Travel is by its very nature an adventure, but factor a disability into the family travel and things can get pretty scary. One of the biggest areas of concern for disabled travelers is air travel. People just don't know what to expect, but it doesn't have to be that way.

Even though the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) was passed years ago, many wheelchair-users going on a family vacation still have trouble finding an accessible hotel room.

Have you considered learning a foreign language? For students, internships doing translation work in foreign countries is a popular way of making money and travelling.

Developing a family tree or researching family history can be an educational, fun and rewarding experience. Here's how to start and resources to search.