It has been established in this special issue of the Standard Bearer that we, as Protestant Reformed churches, have been given the opportunity and responsibility to come alongside those parents to whom the Lord has given special needs children, those with cognitive and/or physical disabilities. When a special needs child is born, the child becomes not just a member of one of our families (the “different boat”) but that child also becomes a member of our larger, covenantal community (the “same lake”). Therefore, it is also that covenant community that seeks to help the parents meet the child’s educational needs...
