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  • #PPDChat Topic 5.20.13: More than Postpartum depression: Coping When Baby Has Issues Too


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    As I have addressed recently on the blog , facing challenges with your baby in addition to a Postpartum Mood and Anxiety Disorder is hell. Today, we’re talking about those struggles with a specific focus on the challenges of being a NICU mom during the 8:30pm ET session. Joining me for that session will be ...
    5 days ago

  • Hospital Parking Fees: An Issue Of Health Inequity


    Notes From The Frugal Trenches - A Downshifting Journey — Authority Authority: 128
    As is well-documented in this space , I adopted two children with special needs. Both are followed by 2+ departments at local hospitals and adding in physiotherapy and occupational therapy, I would say that on average, we have five appointments a month year round. This does not include speech therapy which at some ...
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  • The Life of a Mom – with No Regrets!


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    As a young mom, I longed for some me time, some free time at the end of a day. Raising a son with special needs and two daughters was a 24/7 kind of job….like every mom! There’s no vacation on vacation, there’s no pats on the back from the children in those early years. Yet, when I look back over being a mom, ...
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  • Every bit of progress is a big deal


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    "One small consonant, one giant leap for Max-kind!!!" I posted on Facebook this Saturday. Max had just made a "k" sound for the first time during his morning speech therapy session with J, the speech therapist hes had since he was a baby. Max has all the vowel sounds in his repertoire but few consonants—m, n, the ...
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  • One income living with a medically fragile child with special needs.


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    I’ve always been a stay at home Mom who is well versed in one income living.   There have been times when I’ve worked at home to bring in extra money.  With Parker’s intense needs, trying to work while keeping him alive just isn’t in the plan.  Add in the homeschooling and therapies and you’ve got a full ...
    6 days ago

  • Magic Marker Monday — When it Rains…


    5 Minutes for Special Needs — Authority Authority: 118
    “ It took me four years to paint like Raphael, but a lifetime to paint like a child.” ~Pablo Picasso Welcome to Magic Marker Monday ! If you haven’t heard about Magic Marker Monday yet, click here and then hurry right back…     A little hand writing assignment from the 10-year-old that ...
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  • High Tech Jobs Suit People with Autism


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    For many parents of children with autism, what they will do when they finish their education is a big worry.  Thankfully some companies are realizing the value people with autism can bring to the workplace. One Fortune 500 company has hired people with intellectual disabilities and found them to be assets to their ...
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  • Olympic Hearts


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    We had our second-annual 6th Grade Olympics last Wednesday.  During the Olympics, homerooms compete in teams in various events, including traditional relays. (At the end of the day, they even recieve "medals" made from wood  and painted gold, silver, and bronze.)  Towards the end of the day,  I was sitting ...
    6 days ago

  • Special Needs Round-up: Joining forces peacefully


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    This month the Round-up is going to take on a completely different format. For never before have the disability and special needs bloggers, charities and journalists been so completely united by one, overwhelming subject.  It has taken sleep, unleashed emotions we had hidden, or overcome, aroused anger and pain. It ...
    1 week ago

  • ADHD: Can Sunlight Prevent It?


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    A new study suggests that sunlight may be a factor in preventing the development of ADHD. The studys authors compared geographic areas with a high incidence of ADHD against those with a low incidence of it.  The researchers found that sunnier areas like California, Mexico and Spain had lower incidences of ADHD. ...
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  • Happiness is a Verb


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    What makes you happy?  What are the things that are important in your life? Do you ever think about these kinds of things?  I have lately.  My conclusion?  Happiness is a verb. While that may not be such a huge surprise to anyone, it has certainly given me a lot of things to contemplate this last week. ...
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  • Friday Night Thoughts…


    Notes From The Frugal Trenches - A Downshifting Journey — Authority Authority: 128
    I have a million thoughts swirling in my head. Thoughts about the inequities that exist (the garment workers (and industry) are never far from my mind), and all these thoughts brought me to a place of needing to write. Tonight, I feel: We could do much more to help people, I need to get my thinking cap on Finding ...
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  • [VIDEO] Expression through Dance


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    Expression Through Dance from The Brooklyn Ink on Vimeo . After parents kept coming in to ask whether the Mark Morris Dance Center in Fort Greene had classes for their children with special needs, the dance school decided to create a class to meet demand. The class, taught in eight-week sessions, is geared toward ...
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  • Life Lesson # 210: Going to School in a Black Plastic Garbage Bag


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    (My beautiful mother & me Maybe this is a sign of getting older, but I chuckle at the fashion magazine article advice about ”what’s hot and what’s not.” I do enjoy seeing new styles and new makeup ideas, but what I laugh at is, how they dictate what is hot and what is not. How did they become the ...
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  • I know Mother’s Day is over, but…


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    The past day or so I’ve been thinking about all of the mothers I meet, friends, my children’s friends’ and classmates’ mothers, mothers of my daughter’s gymnastics class or mothers of my son’s track team. They are lots and lots and lots of women of just about every thinkable background and they all do ...
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  • Give Kids The World


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    Volunteering  is a great deed done by a small number of people.  I know with me, when saying I would like to give up some of my time to help, that offer is usually short lived.  It turns out that I don’t have time to give, and the little time I do have is taken up by family and work needs.  So, to volunteer for ...
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  • New York Medicaid and Medicare Part D: Working Together


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    White Plains, NY ( Law Firm Newswire ) May 17, 2013 - The state of New York has several major public health insurance programs, including Medicaid, commonly known as “Regular Medicaid.” While Regular Medicaid in New York offers extensive health care services including: dental care; diagnostic testing; home ...
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  • DYSLEXIA - SPOTTING THE SIGNS EARLY


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    Like other learning disabilities, the sooner a child is diagnosed with dyslexia the sooner appropriate supports can be put in place which increase the chances of a childs academic success.  Pediatric neuropsychologist Nichole Dawson tells parents to watch their children for difficulty with: "Learning the ...
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  • ADHD MORE COMMON THAN AUTISM IN US CHILDREN


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    The US Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) studied the prevalence of mental health disorders in US children to evaluate the frequency of the disorders and the needs of the children affected by these disorders. The results showed that ADHD was the most commonly diagnosed childhood mental health disorder ...
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  • DYSLEXIA: 21 YEAR OLD PILOT FLIES HALFWAY AROUND THE WORLD


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    James Anthony Tan has dyslexia. Despite this, the 21 year was able to get his pilots licenses from both the UK and Australia.  He has just completed a solo flight halfway around the world. Tan hopes to become the youngest solo pilot who has flown around the world in a single engine plane. Tan acknowledged that ...
    1 week ago

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