Special Needs

Moving Forward

Cory Zacker | Posted 05.17.2012

Read More: Children With Learning Disabilities, Learning Disabilities, Students, Special Needs, Special Education Schools, Learning Issues, Education News
Cory Zacker

Parents of kids with learning issues have a lot of questions, but this the biggest one of all: If my child is struggling now, will he always? Listening to those who have been there, done that, is like looking into a crystal ball.

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Why are Education Apps Built by the Lowest Builder?

Joseph Hill | Posted 05.16.2012

Read More: Special Education Apps, Apps, iPad Apps, Android Apps, Education, Special Needs, Education Apps, Parents News
Joseph Hill

My belief is that the main reason that apps are made badly is that the developers are putting their hopes and dreams into the hands of the lowest bidder.

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A Mother's Journey From 'What Ifs' to 'What Is'

Jennifer Peruso | Posted 05.10.2012

Read More: Jennifer Peruso, Williams Syndrome, Gabriel Peruso, Special Needs Child, Genetic Disorders, Premature Birth, Premature Baby, Good News, Special Needs, Parents News
Jennifer Peruso

It was agonizing to see his tiny body fighting so hard for survival. He could have fit in the palm of my hand, yet I wasn't allowed to hold him. I instantly knew his fight would become mine.

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What to Expect When You're Not Expecting the Unexpected

Laura Rossi Totten | Posted 05.08.2012

Read More: Tourette Syndrome, What to Expect When You're Expecting, Special Needs, National Tourette Syndrome Awarness Month, Ts, Kids, Children, Mothers, Parents, Change, Parents News
Laura Rossi Totten

I believe it's what happens when we are faced with the unexpected -- and are forced to change roles -- that progress can happen.

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More Things You Should Know About A Special Needs Parent

Rob Ashe | Posted 05.04.2012

Read More: Special Needs Parenting Tips, Special-Needs-Parents, Special Needs Children, Special Needs, Arthrogryposis Multiplex Congenita, Parents News
Rob Ashe

Our lives are just like yours. We have our ups. We have our downs. When something like this happens in your life, you find out what you are really made of.

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9 Ways You Can Help A Special Needs Parent

Maria Lin | Posted 05.02.2012

Read More: Special Needs Kids, Parents-Kids, Parenting Special Needs Kids, Special Needs, Parents News
Maria Lin

Although a typical world can be miles apart from a special needs world, I will never give up on trying to build bridges and understanding, because our combined world won't grow otherwise.

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No Filter

Leda Natkin Nelis | Posted 04.13.2012

Read More: Parenting, Asperger's Syndrome, Sensory Integration Dysfunction, No Filter, Special Needs, Aspergers, Parenting Teens, Parents News
Leda Natkin Nelis

My son welcomes me into the inner sanctum of his most intimate fantasies with open arms.

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'She's Pulled The Plug On Her Own Son, Whom I Love. Help?'

John Shore | Posted 04.12.2012

Read More: Anger, Christians and Anger, Special Needs Children, Respite Care, Special Needs, Death, Christians and Death, Religion News
John Shore

I want to fight for this child, but there's nothing I can do because he's not my flesh and blood. How do I keep from hating his mother?

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A Child With Autism, And A First Job

Susan Senator | Posted 04.06.2012

Read More: Special Needs in the Workplace, Adult With Autism, Autism, Special Needs, Adult Child With Autism, Parents-Autism, Parents News
Susan Senator

Nat getting a job became as much a fixation for me as getting into college. The draconian realities of his challenges made us let go of one life for him, but I sure as hell was not budging when it came to his working.

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Sending An Adult Child With Autism Out Into The World

Liane Kupferberg Carter | Posted 04.06.2012

Read More: Residential Facilities for Autism, Autism, Education and Autism, Special Needs, Adult Child With Autism, National Autism Awareness Month, Parents-Autism, Parents-Moms, Parents News
Liane Kupferberg Carter

There's no book for our autistic son Mickey, who is turning 20. No U.S. News and World Report ranking best vocational opportunities.

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What Every Mother Needs

Leda Natkin Nelis | Posted 05.26.2012

Read More: Special Education, Asperger's Syndrome, Parenting, Dyspraxia, Special Needs, Moms Groups, Support Network, Parents News
Leda Natkin Nelis

We are not only mothers, we are warriors -- forced to fight for our children, to often question the medical community and seek alternate therapies.

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Act Like Your Kids Live Here

Jess Wilson | Posted 05.23.2012

Read More: Jess, Drive Like Your Kids Live Here, Down Syndrome, Reece's Rainbow, Diary of a Mom, Act Like Your Kids Live Here, Down Syndrome Awareness, Think Like Your Kids Live Here, Autism, Shared Responsibility, World-Down-Syndrome-Day, Compassion, Special Needs, Video, Parents News
Jess Wilson

What if we could make signs that said ACT like your kids live here?

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7 Things You Don't Know About A Special Needs Parent

Maria Lin | Posted 05.09.2012

Read More: Special Needs Kids Advice, Special Needs Parenting Tips, Raising Special Needs Kids, Special Needs Parenting, Special Needs Parents, Special Needs Children, Parenting, Raising Special Needs Children, Special Needs, Parents News
Maria Lin

Raising a child with any disorder, condition or special need, is both a blessing and a challenge. A challenge for the obvious reasons, and a blessing because you don't know the depths of victory until you see your child overcoming some of those challenges.

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No Expectations

Joseph Hill | Posted 05.06.2012

Read More: Autism Parenting, Special Needs, Parenting, Special Needs Children, iPad Apps, Aeir Talk, Aeir, Parents News
Joseph Hill

I was sitting down and having lunch with another dad of a child with autism. He looked at me and asked an interesting question: "How far does your son have to go developmentally? What do you want to see him do?"

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Children With Special Needs: A Revolutionary Approach Gives New Hope

Anat Baniel | Posted 04.25.2012

Read More: Anat Baniel Method, Children, Brain Science, Special Needs Children, Special Needs, Neuroplasticity, Neuroscience, Brain, Cerebral Palsy, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Traumatic Brain Injury, Autism, Families-With-Children-With-Special-Needs, Feldenkrais, Children With Special Needs, Children's Health, Special Needs Education, ADD/ADHD, Parents News
Anat Baniel

Are you a parent to a child with special needs? Have you been trying to help your child do something he or she can't do, or corrected them over and over again to end up with little or no progress?

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On Asperger Syndrome And Broken Hearts

Christian Piatt | Posted 04.08.2012

Read More: Abortion, Hlhs, Church, Children, Hope, Pregnancy, Christianity, Christian Piatt, Autism, Pregmancy, Asperger's Syndrome, Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome, Faith, Special Needs, Religion News
Christian Piatt

Though the struggle of others hardly makes me feel any better, it certainly serves to put my own hardships into perspective.

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'Supernanny': Child With Down Syndrome Keeps Leaving House

Posted 01.04.2012

Read More: TV Canada, Down Syndrome, Video, Canada Tv, Reality TV, Lifetime, Tv Replay, America's Supernanny, Deborah Tillman, Special Needs, TV News

Deborah Tillman walked into a pretty tough and scary situation with the Fitzgerald family on "America's Supernanny" (Tue., 9 p.m. EST On Lifetime). Sh...

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Finding The Perfect Toy For A Child With Special Needs

The Huffington Post | Lisa Belkin | Posted 01.31.2012

Read More: Holiday, Parents-Gift-Guide, Ellen Seidman, Christmas Gifts, Love That Max Blog, Gift Guide for Children With Special Needs, Parents-Holiday, Toys for Special Needs Children, Special Needs, Parents News

Ellen Seidman writes Love that Max: A Blog About Kids With Special Needs Who Kick Butt. Named for her nine-year-old son, who has cerebral palsy, it is...

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From Patient to Parent: Raising a Special Needs Child

Carla Lohr | Posted 01.31.2012

Read More: Special Needs Children, Parenting, Parenting Tips, Parenting Advice, Special Needs, Parents News
Carla Lohr

I firmly believe that, as parents, we hold more power than the disability does in the lives of our children.

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Are We Being Bankrupted by Our Humanity?

Larry Strauss | Posted 01.10.2012

Read More: Developmental Disabilities, Disability, Special Education, Disability Education, Special Needs Education, Special Needs, Education News
Larry Strauss

Fifty years ago, I watched my parents try to help my developmentally disabled brother. They were told multiple times to dispose of their defective child in an institution. I'm not sure how much less agonizing it is today.

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The Girl Who Played With an Imaginary Rope

Shira Hirschman Weiss | Posted 10.26.2011

Read More: Children With Learning Disabilities, Special Education, Learning Disabilities, PL 94-142, Adhd, Add, Special Needs Children, Education Reform, Special Needs, Education News
Shira Hirschman Weiss

Teachers need to empower students with confidence rather than creating an environment of "learned helplessness" by placing the majority of the emphasis on "weaknesses" and "fixing problems."

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Special Needs Programs Shut Down Following State Cuts

dnainfo.com | Posted 07.12.2011

Read More: Washington Heights, Birch Family Services, Special Needs Cut, Special Needs Children, Budget Cuts, Brooklyn, Steppingstone Day School, Special Needs, New York News

LOWER MANHATTAN -- Programs that help developmentally delayed children have started closing across the city, with managers saying state budget cuts ma...

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What About MY Special Needs Child?

Shira Hirschman Weiss | Posted 07.11.2011

Read More: Jewish Children With Special Needs, Special Needs Children, Special Needs, Kids of Courage, Jewish Special Needs Group, Circle of Friends, Mental Health, Tikkun Olam, Childhood Mental Illness, Religion News
Shira Hirschman Weiss

Mental illness is something that we often overlook as a "special need," but there's a need for more offerings within the Jewish community for kids who suffer from anxiety, depression and OCD.

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When You Can't Say 'No'

Yolanda Reid Chassiakos | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Caregiving, Sexual Assault, Disabilities, Sexual Abuse Residential Care, Nursing Home Abuse, Crime, Caring for Disabled, Nursing Home, Family Caregiver, Special Needs, Caregivers, Healthy Living News
Yolanda Reid Chassiakos

Videotapes of men having non-consensual sexual relations with disabled women in residential care have recently surfaced and are being investigated. Sexual assault is a crime and a tragedy. And one of our greatest fears.

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After Killing 4 In Fatal Accident, Trucker Gets 30 Days

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Illinois, Car Crash, Special Needs Bus Crash, Zygmunt Wieckowski, Springfield Ohio, Special Needs, Chicago, Chicago News

SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — A Chicago truck driver has been sentenced to 30 days in jail for a crash that killed four people on a special needs bus duri...

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