Special Needs

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• Cerebral Palsy/chromosome deletion

  
  BabyandBump — Authority: 488
  Hi there, Im new here. My son Milo is 16 months and has spastic quadriplegia cerebral palsy, meaning he is floppy down his middle but his arms and legs are rigid. Because of this, he still cant hold his head up or sit or even sit comfortably in a buggy. He will never walk, that much is for certain, and he has trouble ...
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• Top high tech toys 2009

  
  Stephanie Oppenheim on Toys — Authority: 136
  V Techs Kidizoom Digital Camera Plus Here are our some of favorites of the season– click on the name of the product to read our complete review at www.toyportfolio.com For younger children: LeapFrog Counting Candle s ( LeapFrog ) Two great cameras for 3s and up to enjoy: Kidizoom Digital Camera Plus ( ...
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• Wal-Mart Bans Gay Couple for NOT Shoplifting

  
  Queer Visalia — Authority: 127
  This recent story I found at Box Turtle Bulletin is a perhaps not so startling example of how far we still have to go. Timothy Kincaid Not every confrontation that a gay person experiences in their life is based on their orientation. But sometimes it is very difficult to see any other possible explanation. ...
  4 hours ago

• FunFit Winter Open House on Wednesday December 9

  
  A Parent in Silver Spring — Authority: 420
  Tomorrow, Wednesday December 9th is FunFit in Rockvilles Holiday Safe Winter Open House .  Starting at 9:30am and continuing on well into the evening,  this fun fitness and play center for babies, toddlers, preschoolers and kids is open all day FREE!  And theres going to be firefighters and firetrucks too, as ...
  17 hours ago

• Ironic?

  
  MysticWicks Online Pagan Community and Spiritual Sanctuary — Authority: 165
  Ive read so many stories of people going to the doctor to ask if they have ADHD and having the doctor say "Well, it sounds like youre depressed or anxious, so here, take some anti-depressant." Sometimes they try several different antidepressants before the doctor will agree to let them try meds for ADHD. So the ...
  17 hours ago

• ADHD / Aspergers / Autism

  
  BabyandBump — Authority: 488
  Hi, i posted this in first tri earlier, but they suggested you might be able to help me :) this is a bit of a complicated one, but i wanted an outsiders view before i ask the MW on thurs & risk upsetting my fiance. If anyone has experienced this i would be VERY GRATEFUL to talk to you! When OH was younger, he ...
  23 hours ago

• Witnessing a Mothers Fear

  
  The Mother of All Parenting Blogs — Authority: 404
  There were a few frantic moments at a family get-together I attended last summer. A 15-year-old relative, who is autistic and unable to speak, disappeared from one minute to the next. His mother – my cousin – was frantic. All the party guests were enlisted to find out whether the 15-year-old was still in the ...
  1 day ago

• Some of the Kitties at Tabby’s Place

  
  Sparkle the Designer Cat — Authority: 122
  Since many of the cats at Tabby’s Place are special needs, I thought you might like to meet some of them: Tashi is a young kitty who came from a feral colony. He couldn’t move his back legs and was incontinent, so coming to Tabby’s Place was his one shot at survival. He is even getting physical therapy to ...
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• Jack (Westies in Need, North Yorkshire)

  
  Oldies Club — Authority: 136
  Poor little Jack arrived in rescue in a terribly neglected state. Despite this, he is a lovely trusting little dog who responded well to some much needed TLC. He is a quiet little fellow who gets on with other dogs and really deserves to be loved and cherished after all he has been through.
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• iPhones — New Help for Special Needs Kids

  
  Chicago Moms Blog — Authority: 511
  Disclaimer — I do not now nor have I ever worked for Apple, and they havent paid me in goods or dollars for this post (although Im open to negotiation).  Last month, my twins turned 18. Im still in deep denial over what is clearly a blip in the time-space continuum. I know for a fact that it was just a few days ...
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• Down Syndrome Surprisingly Increases in Last 24 Years

  
  Eco Child's Play — Authority: 122
  Photo by annikaleigh The number of babies with Down syndrome grows The amount of genetic screenings suggested to prospective parents in prenatal care has grown dramatically over the years.  From cystic fibrosis to sickle cell anemia , pregnant parents may find out before birth if their child has a genetic ...
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• New medical innovation exactly what our health system needs

  
  Blogs — Authority: 162
  What would you say if you heard about a new test for a common yet serious and largely underdiagnosed medical disorder which can accurately identify children in need of treatment at a fraction of the cost of the existing test, and can be done on a urine sample instead of requiring an overnight stay at a laboratory as ...
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• I Before E, Except Out At Sea...

  
  stony river — Authority: 128
  We had a parent-teacher meeting last week, which of course brought home again the difficulties of teaching a special-needs child in the context of a mainstream school. I do what I can to help him out, including all the weird old-school ways to remember stuff that I can pick from my brain. Unfortunately not all of ...
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• Buying a Dollhouse: What you need to know

  
  Stephanie Oppenheim on Toys — Authority: 136
  Read Joanne’s article on buying dollhouses–front page of our site today….www.toyportfolio.com.
  2 days ago

• AdventureVan

  
  into the woods, living deliberately — Authority: 406
  We had a big weekend after a sort of harried week, running around trying to prepare for this big weekend. We called banks, moved money around, photocopied and faxed papers and made a zillion phone calls. We oiled, smogged and waxed and wiped, then packed and drove to Tahoe, and everything went exactly as it should. ...
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• Home educating parents bullied by authorities

  
  Aspie Home-Education — Authority: 128
  Miscarriage of justice in Australia
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• It’s always the Mother’s fault

  
  What We Need — Authority: 116
       I’m pretty sure all the things I swore as a child that I would never say to my own children have come out of my mouth in the last four hours. From, “Because I said so,” to “Mommy and Daddy make the rules, not you,” I have broken all those childhood promises to myself in a very short amount of time. ...
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• What a week (she said with exasperation)

  
  goodfountain — Authority: 114
  I blame Thanksgiving. These two kids of mine held it together that week like I never could have imagined. Lots of activities, less than normal sleep, extra visitors – the whole shebang. And the week went off without a hitch. But then this past week happened.We’ll call it a case of delayed overload. For Sarah, ...
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• If you can’t find Zhu Zhu Hamsters…Don’t Panic

  
  Stephanie Oppenheim on Toys — Authority: 136
  Alternatives to Zhu Zhu Hamsters Zhu Zhu Hamsters are getting all the media coverage ( yes, I participated in some of it ), but they are certainly not the only really special novelty toys of the season.  Here’s a list of other toys that may just do the trick! Other cute animals that have a little extra ...
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• Friedman Compares Afghanistan To Special Needs Baby

  
  TPM LiveWire — Authority: 807
  New York Times columnist, three-time Pulitzer winner and bestselling author Thomas Friedman compared Afghanistan to "a special needs baby" on CNNs Fareed Zakaria GPS today. This is nation building. This is nation building 101 in the most fragmented country in the world. Fareed, were talking about Afghanistan. And ...
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