Children may have limited access to some specialized equipment. The parents must pay for or even use creative bartering to obtain special equipment or services. Most families who home school have to make ends meet on one income. Also, more and more calls are pouring in from parents whose children have been diagnosed with some form of autism. Ask the family what you can do to help.
Families home schooling special needs children often feel very isolated.
They can't completely describe all they're going through. They're often misunderstood. Some children's disabilities are not very visible. They need to know they are not alone, and that many people are successfully home schooling their special needs children. Some families have several special needs children.