SPP063 Preparing With Special Needs Family

Preparing with a child or family member with special needs is not a cut and dry situation, how you prepare is directly linked to the needs of the family member you are preparing with. Family members that are elderly, disabled or have autism all require different needs on a daily basis.

Patrick of SurvivalatHome.com was good enough to be on the show this week with Lisa and I, he has a daughter Maggi that has special needs and gives us some incite about what life is like Preparing with a special needs child.

Patrick recently wrote an article titled “How to Be Prepared with a Special Needs Child” that also has some good information.

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We also talked about the Elderly and what we can learn from them. My mother who recently passed caused me to change the way I was thinking about preparing. I wrote an article about this in the past that you can read here.

Prepper Chicks Preparedness for Special Needs

Lori of Prepper Chicks also has a Facebook page dedicated to parents of special needs children. For anyone who is looking for more information and support, this is a great page to be a part of. Visit the Facebook Page here.

The Academy First Aid Course

Lisa and I talked about our plans to put together a course on first aid at the Survivalist Prepper Academy. This course will go through what supplies you might need depending on your skill level and how to use all the supplies you have in your first aid kit.

Half Price Special

We are offering listeners of the Survivalist Prepper podcast membership into the Academy for half price for a limited time. You can try it out for a year, or buy a lifetime subscription. Either way you will have access to the entire site and the wholesale prices on preparedness supplies.