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1. Kids With Special Needs Over thirty years ago, Mary M. Wood, Ed.D. established Developmental Therapy - Developmental Teaching for educators and parents of children with emotional and behavioral disabilities, autism, Asperger's Syndrome, or other sensory-integrative disa...
2. Auditory Processing Disorder Auditory Processing Disorder (APD) is a little known condition that may affect 10% of children, the majority of whom are undiagnosed. APD is a term that is often used to describe people with normal hearing who have listening difficulties. According...
3. Wheelchair clothing for women Riding in a wheelchair has many issues associated with it - will people treat you like human? Will your shirt ride up on the back? How to prevent pressure sores? And more embarrassing: how to get pants that will minimize the bathroom fuss? On this p...
4. Children and Parenting Headquarters Here you will find help for parents on a variety of difficult children and parenting issues. You may have to confront bullying; your child may be autistic or have Asperger's Syndrome; they may have learning difficulties caused by dyslexia, Audito...
5. Jenny McCarthy and Autism The chances your child will have Autism is now 1 in 150. One child is diagnosed every 20 minutes. Autism is a debilitating disorder, which according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, is suffered by 1 in 150 kids, making it more commo...
6. Morgan's Wonderland- A Park for People with Disabilities Our History An estimated 41.2 million Americans have some type of disability. There are 3.1 million disabled individuals in Texas, with an estimated 225,000 Bexar County residents and 186,000 residents in the San Antonio metro area. The Gordon Hart...
7. Welcome To My Home I'm not certain that any parent can prepare themselves to hear that there is something wrong with their child; that they are disabled in some way. It has implications for the entire family. When you have a disabled child, your life revolves aro...
8. Sarah: The Suicide of Our Adult Child We learned on Friday afternoon, May 15, 2009 that our daughter Sarah had ended her tormented life. We spent three hours this afternoon talking with her common law husband, and he is devastated. Our daughter was very disturbed when she came to us as...
9. What is Carers Allowance | How to Claim Carers Allowance Money is tight at the best of times, but when you or a family member have a disability it can be even harder. In my case I have a son with Dyspraxia & ADHD and receiving DLA enables me to do things for him that I would otherwise not be able to afford...
10. Toys and Gifts for Special Needs Kids Buying gifts for a child with special needs isn't as difficult as it may seem. I know that my own mom is always at a loss as to what to buy for our son. He's 14 years old now, and has significant physical and cognitive delays. But that certai...
11. Cloth Diapers Cloth Diapers Cloth Diapers. Baby and Adult Cloth Diapers. Organic, Folding, All in One, Prefold, Cloth Diapers. Cloth Diaper Patterns, fabric, Fasteners, Pails. How to Use Cloth Diapers. Photo - 5 Pack Ultra All-In-One Cloth Diaper Variety Pack...
12. Selective Mutism The purpose of this lens is to raise awareness around the area of Selective Mutism, especially to those who will come across children in the school environment who display some form of selective mutism. I hope my case study & thoughts will give you...
13. Raising A Bipolar Child It will be painful at times, and frustrating beyond belief at others. There will be tears...lots of them. Then just when it seems like you can't possibly make it through another day, let alone the next hour, you will feel such joy and happiness t...
14. Tips for Parents That Have a Child With PDD-NOS My daughter has PDD-NOS. PDD-NOS stands for Pervasive Developmental Disorder Not Otherwise Specified. This is a form of autism. She is a high functioning Autistic. Her main problems are with social interactions.If we did not tell you she had a form o...
15. ASPERGER'S SYNDROME: A parent's guide to navigate the details. Before going any further, let me state that I am not a trained professional in the Autism field or childhood advocacy. I have taken a training course from wrightslaw.com. Any advice is from experience, and the heart. This site is not intended to supp...
16. Special Recipes for People with Special Needs Do you have any food related allergies? Well, most of us do. We experience a certain kind of allergies from time to time. There are times when it gets so debilitating that it gives you a hard time to choose the perfect recipe diet. No matter how you...
17. Gift Ideas for a Mom That Has Special Needs Kids As I'm writing this, seeing how it's the middle of November at the moment, I'm thinking of what moms might like for Christmas. But gifts are good for more than Christmas and Birthdays. Especially if you're the mom to a special needs c...
18. Clumsy Child | Clumsy Child Syndrome Clumsy Child Syndrome is the old name for what is now know as Dyspraxia or Developmental Co-ordination Disorder (DCD). If you have a child with Dyspraxia you will probably understand exactly why it used to be know as clumsy child. The Dyspraxia Foun...
19. What is ADHD? | Symptoms of ADHD | How to Diagnose ADHD Hello and welcome to my lens. I am the parent of a 13 year boy with Dyspraxia and ADHD overlap. Information isn't always easy to find in just one place for I thought I would develop a series of lenses with information about these conditions and my pe...
20. Dyspraxia Child I am extremely interested it the topic of Dyspraxia as my 13 year old son is Dyspraxic and it had affected and still affects his everyday life. Statistically, it is likely that there is one dyspraxia child in every class of 30 children. We need to m...