Our purpose is to encourage Christian parents in their faith. The list is for any type of Special Needs related discussions. Topics that you may find here include:
Life as a parent of a Special Needs child
Medical conditions
Therapies
School System ( IEPs; Teachers; general concerns)
Advice from other parents

But the most important (and the reason we  started this list) is the fact that you may at any time ask for prayer, discuss how your faith in God is strengthened (or challenged) by your differently- abled  child, and send in Praise Reports when your child (or you) meet a milestone. I hope that you will join us and enjoy the fellowship that you deserve. And, I don't know about you, but I NEED that fellowship.
So many times we as Christians expect to be able to freely discuss our beliefs and we find out that many people do not want to hear about the peace that we have found. If you have found this site and are offended by anything you read here I apologize. Regardless of what you may believe, true Christians do not go out of their way to offend anyone. Also please understand that if you intend to join the list and then start any debates about faith it will be stopped and you will be removed from the list. We want only to encourage and help one another, misunderstandings can be fixed but "wars" will not be tolerated. There will also be absolutely NO profanity allowed on this list.
This all may sound pretty harsh but I felt it best to make things clear from the start. This list is for and about Christian parenting of "Special" kids.
You will notice that this list is not restricted to any particular Special Needs group. This is because I had requests for this be a more diverse list than what we already have on the web. I want to tell you, reader, from experience that one of my best friends in the world has a Down Syndrome child. We were shocked to find out that we had so many of the same feelings about our children, but the one thing that drew us together was our Lord. Through the love of God we were able to identify with each others feelings. I hope that you will enjoy talking with parents of children that may be "different" than your own :)
     Because there is always diversity when many people get together I felt that we might need a page that tells about proper etiquette for our mailing list.
1. We don't discuss theological differences.
2. We don't bring up denominations to talk about.
3. Please don't use stationery or colored fonts because not everyone's mail is set up for html.
4. Refrain from sending in "spam"… junk mail that comes to your mailbox. (Every once in a while someone sends in one of these… that's okay. What I mean is sending in stuff like that everyday.)
5. Make sure to use emoticons in your mail if you can. Since we are not face-to-face it's sometimes hard to know what emotion is in the post unless you use these little things. If you don't know what emoticons are here's some examples:

: ) - smile
: ( - frown
: O - surprised
; ) - wink
>: ( - mad
0: ) - an angel
0; ) - a naughty angel
: P - sticking out tongue
>: P - sticking out tongue and mad
Anyway… some people use letters to get their point across:
<G> - grin
<VBG> - very big grin
LOL - Laugh Out Loud
ROTFLOL - Rolling On The Floor Laughing Out Loud
dh - dear husband or some equivelant
MIL - Mother In Law
dau - daughter
I think you get the point. We have one of the calmest lists on the Net right now and we want to keep it that way. The only way for things to run smoothly is for everyone to do their part in being clear. As long as we keep this at the forefront of our minds we should all get along very well:
Luke 6:31
31 And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise.
(Do to others as you would have them do to you)