Children With Disabilities

Why Does G-d Allow Children To Be Born With Disabilities?

Rabbi Shmuley Boteach | Posted 04.30.2012

Read More: Judaism, Down Syndrome, Chabad, Children With Disabilities, God, Suffering, Torah, Religion News
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach

We Jews protest and remonstrate against suffering. We don't excuse it. We don't justify it. We don't find beauty in it. We don't find spiritual purpose it in. We fight it and, to the best of our ability, cure it.

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D.C. Playgrounds Should Welcome All Children

Jamie Davis Smith | Posted 05.22.2012

Read More: Adaptive Playground Equipment, Adaptive Swing, Children With Disabilities, Americans With Disabilities Act, Dc Impact, Playgrounds, DC News
Jamie Davis Smith

I urge D.C. to bring the adaptive swing back to Chevy Chase Playground and to include at least some adaptive equipment in all future playground renovations. These small acts would provide opportunities for children with disabilities to play.

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My Asperger's Son And His Superhuman Memory

Leda Natkin Nelis | Posted 04.11.2012

Read More: Aspergers Syndrome, Children With Disabilities, Child With Asperger's, Language Appropriation, Effects of Asperger's, Asperger's Syndrome Language, Parent of Aspergers Child, Special Needs Children, Asperger's Syndrome, Asperger's Syndrome Memory, Parents-Moms, Parents News
Leda Natkin Nelis

Language appropriation is clearly one of the challenges that we need to confront as our brilliant but fragile son makes his way through his secondary school years. What do you do with a child who has such powerful memory skills? How can we help him to avoid the pitfalls of plagiarism?

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When It Comes To Parenting, The Political Is Very Personal For Santorum

Lisa Belkin | Posted 04.01.2012

Read More: Parenting and Politics, Rick Santorum, Trisomy 18, Children With Disabilities, Candidate Families, Parents of Children With Disabilities, Bella Santorum, Parents News
Lisa Belkin

Never has a presidential candidate lived so searing a parenting tale while he campaigns. In that way, the former Pennsylvania Senator's life is both a very singular and personal story, and also a very public window into the kinds of private choices families find themselves making across the country every day.

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Should A Child With Disabilities Always Get His Way?

Lisa Belkin | Posted 01.31.2012

Read More: Children With Disabilities, Video, Child Mind Institute, Cerebral Palsy, Love That Max, Eccentricities, Quirks, Parents News

Ellen Seidman's nine-year-old son Max likes to have things his way. He went through a Cars 2 phase, wherein he would watch that video -- never the ori...

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Severely Disabled 5-Year-Old Celebrates First Art Exhibit

Tonic | Monique Jessen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Kindness, Health and Wellness, Children With Disabilities, Art, Children's Issues, Inspirational Story, Impact News

At almost five years old, Leo Haines is severely disabled, but the inspirational youngster has just celebrated his first art exhibition in the UK -- s...

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Top New York Agent Wears Heart on Sleeve in New Book

Ashley Wren Collins | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Neurological Impairment, Robyn Stecher, Children With Disabilities, Books About Children, Children With Special Needs, Don Buchwald & Associates, There?S Something About Daniel, New York Talent Agent, Books About Motherhood, Entertainment News
Ashley Wren Collins

The book shows great humor, humility, and grace as Stecher opens her heart to share her and her son's personal struggles over the years.

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Small Good News: A Horse Plus A Child Equals Progress, And You Can Help

Karen Stabiner | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Therapeutic Riding, Horses, Children With Disabilities, Autism, Ahead With Horses, William Shatner, Service, Health, Giving, Wellness, The Giving Life, Healthy Living News
Karen Stabiner

Imagine for a difficult moment that your young son, who is autistic, does not talk. His silence is so absolute that you begin to think he cannot talk...

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