Use YouTube to your advantage

I take videos of Owen.  I take videos of his milestones, weird behaviour, seizures and developmental snapshots.  When I homeschooled him I even took them as evidence.  All of these videos generally at some stage will be shared.  The only issue is they are too large to keep e-mailing or to even store them on my phone.  

The solution?  Create a YouTube account for yourself and upload the videos to YouTube BUT make sure you select the privacy setting of "UNLISTED".  If a video is unlisted you can't search YouTube for it but if you have the link you can watch it.  So I e-mail the links to doctors/therapists to view or I access my YouTube account during appointments.  

Not sure how to Upload to YouTube?  I found this video describing how you upload as unlisted.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TrpyRFLYhD4

And if you are going back later to find them, Log into YouTube, go to My Channels, then uploads (as per the highlights below) and you will be able to see them all.

Just say hello

Just say hello, when you see your kids staring at a special needs child, just say hello to the child and encourage your child to do so.

Today we took Owen to the park. Today I estimate 80% of the kids stared at him.  I actually get why they do and I describe it in this post http://hintstipsandhacks.blogspot.com.au/2015/07/how-to-cope-with-not-being-invisible.html so this is not saying don't stare or notice Owen.  I get that you will and your kids will too. This post is just saying kids like Owen have feelings and most of them love to be around other kids. This post is saying, it would make their day if you and your child said hello.  This post is saying it would make their Mum and Dad's day if you and your child said hello. This post is saying, show your kids how it's done.  This post is saying, just say hello.

Don't say it's rude to stare, just say hello.