Information for parents of special needs kids tends to be of the social-service variety: Xeroxed flyers hung up at a doctor’s office, spiral-bound handbooks, pamphlets. It’s rare that such material exhibits the elegant style of Dandelion, the quarterly magazine for Bay Area special needs parents. The magazine is glossy, the pictures are beautiful, the text is well-written and covers such diverse topics as soft clothing for children with sensory integration issues and equine therapy.

Each issue of the magazine (summer, winter, spring, and fall) has several long features, as well as reviews of useful products and services, and personal content from parents working through their own challenges. In the back are listings of relevant associations, schools, medical and therapy centers, and other places of interest. And then there are the ads, which will prove as useful to some people as the editorial content itself. Hey, I didn’t know there was a speech therapist in that strip mall right down the street! Wow, there’s a store downtown that sells wiggle seats, I can try before I buy! And so on.

The magazine is distributed free in agencies and doctor’s offices that deal with special needs kids, or interested parents can subscribe for $20 a year. For more information visit dandelionparent.com.

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