Special Needs Children

Teen Punished By School After Reporting Student Bullying Of Special Needs Girl

Posted 05.29.2012

Read More: Florida Schools, Teen Bullied, Special Needs Students, Florida Teen, Student Punished for Reporting Bullying, High School Student Punished, Special Needs Children, Student Bullied, School Bus Bullying, Stormy Rich, School Bullying, Umatilla High School, Anti-Bullying, Education News

Stormy Rich, an 18-year-old Florida student, says she was punished after reporting bullying of a special needs student on a school bus, and standing u...

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Special Needs Motherhood: Are You Mom Enough?

Laura Rossi Totten | Posted 05.15.2012

Read More: Mommy Manifesto, 50 Shades of Grey, Special Needs Parents, Special Needs Children, Time Magazine, Mommy Wars, Attachment Parenting, TIME Cover, Breastfeeding, Media News, Jenny Meyerson, Time Magazine Cover, Bill Sears, Jamie Lynn Grumet, Parents News
Laura Rossi Totten

We may practice attachment parenting (or not), we may chose the bottle over the breast, but we are all bound by the fact that we never, ever feel like we can do enough for our special needs child(ren).

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Mom Enough? How About More than Enough Mom?

Sheila Moeschen | Posted 05.14.2012

Read More: Pregnancy, Women, Special Needs Children, Moms, Feminism, Mother's Day, Women's Health, Parents News
Sheila Moeschen

Our caregivers deserve recognition and attention for the rich and complex lives they lead as unique individuals, not media stereotypes.

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Mother's Day Tribute: Areva Martin, Founder of Special Needs Network

Chantal Sicile-Kira | Posted 05.09.2012

Read More: California, Mother's Day, Areva Martin, California Legislative Black Caucus, Autism, Special Needs Children, The Special Needs Network, Special Education, Los Angeles, Impact News
Chantal Sicile-Kira

Mothers such as Areva Martin are necessary for our society to evolve. The disparity that exists between equal rights and equal opportunities is obvious, and not just to neurotypicals.

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Sister Act

Leda Natkin Nelis | Posted 05.08.2012

Read More: Sibling Relationships, Sibling Rivalry, Parenting, Special Needs Children, Asperger's Syndrome, Siblings, Parents News
Leda Natkin Nelis

My thirteen-year-old daughter has been looking on with envy as I spend my odd hours crafting and polishing parenting columns focused on her brother -- his quirks, his talents, his challenges. This week, let me shift my attention to her, the neurotypical sibling.

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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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'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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The Financial Impact of Adoption

Jason Alderman | Posted 04.05.2012

Read More: Adoption Assistance Program, Special Needs Children, Foreign Adoption, Adoption, Adoption Tax Credit, Parents News
Jason Alderman

Anyone considering or in the midst of an adoption should know that several IRS policies and dollar limits for adoption tax credits and exclusions have changed for 2012.

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10 Things You Should Do After Your Child Is Diagnosed with Autism

Hannah Brown | Posted 04.02.2012

Read More: Autism Awareness, Advice About Autism, Advice for Parents of Special Needs Children, Autism, Special Needs Children, Kids With Autism, Parenting Advice, Parents of Kids With Autism, Parents-Autism, Parents News
Hannah Brown

In spite of all the advice, it took me years to figure out what I really needed to know. So here, for parents of the recently diagnosed, I offer a short list of what I wish I had known then.

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Living With Autism: You Are Not Alone

Elaine Hall | Posted 05.19.2012

Read More: Depression, San Jose Mercury News, Suicide, Oceans Heaven, Autism, Mabul, Special Needs Children, Parenting Child With Autism, Child With Autism, Living With Autism, Healthy Living News
Elaine Hall

Raising any child with a disability or illness can be difficult to say the least. But for many reasons, and for many people, parenting a child with autism can be especially overwhelming.

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2-Time Cancer Survivor Launches Nationwide Football Event For Kids With Special Needs

Trenton Patch | Posted 03.15.2012

Read More: Liver Transplant, Nike, Boyd W. Arthurs Middle School, Football, Greatest-Person-of-the-Day, Gatorade, Victory Day, Cancer, Special Needs Children, Coaching, Lloyd Carr, Aaron Segedi, Impact News

When middle school teacher and varsity football coach Aaron Segedi, 36, hatched the idea for Victory Day in 2009, he had no idea he would be speaking ...

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Kids With Autism at a Synagogue on Purim? Not a Prayer, Right?

Amy Lennard Goehner | Posted 05.12.2012

Read More: Synagogue, Autism, Special Needs Children, Living With Autism, Parents of Autistic Children, Autistic Children, Purim, Kids With Autism, Children With Autism, Parents News
Amy Lennard Goehner

Families with kids aged 2 to 20-something were encouraged by the rabbis to walk around when they needed to, bring their snacks back to their seats, dance to the music or do none of the above if they didn't want to. What didn't I hear? The words "SSSHHHHH!" or "Sit down!"

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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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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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A Smile As Big As the Moon Is a True Story That Inspires

Jackie K. Cooper | Posted 03.27.2012

Read More: Mike Kersjes, Special Needs Children, Space Camp, Hallmark Hall of Fame, John Corbett, Entertainment News
Jackie K. Cooper

Hallmark Hall of Fame is consistently offering inspirational and dramatic movies that feed our minds and touch our souls. Make sure you don't miss a single one of their offerings -- especially A Smile As Big As the Moon.

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Teacher's Aide Accused Of Inappropriate Contact With Student With Autism

The Huffington Post | Laura Hibbard | Posted 12.15.2011

Read More: Video, School Conduct, Special Needs Students, Boston Schools, Teacher Conduct, Student Molestation, Teacher Behavior, Autistic Students, Student With Autism, Autism, Special Needs Children, Teacher Molested Students, Teacher Misconduct, School Molestation, Education News

LeShawn Hill, a seven-year employee of Boston Public Schools, is accused of "inappropriate conduct" with a nonverbal student with autism this week, Th...

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Hope: Autism

Ariane Zurcher | Posted 02.11.2012

Read More: Healthy Living Health News, Living With Autism, Healthy Living News, Raising Children, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Mental Health, Healthy Living, Autistic, Autism, Parenting, Special Needs Children, Parents News
Ariane Zurcher

There's hope, and then there's desperation. Often I am not sure which one is pushing me more.

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Top 15 Films About Differently-Abled People (VIDEO)

Olivia Rosewood | Posted 02.08.2012

Read More: Special Needs Movies, Parenting, Special Needs Children, Film, Movies, Cinema, Video, Parents News
Olivia Rosewood

Having a child with special needs, whether it's autism, ADHD/ADD, cerebral palsy, Down Syndrome, or any of the other myriad of extraordinary variations from the norm, is becoming surprisingly... the new normal.

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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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Stupid: The Single Word That Derailed My Child's Life

Karin Kasdin | Posted 01.20.2012

Read More: Adhd, Abusive Teachers, Verbal Abuse, Special Needs Children, Karin Kasdin, Parents News
Karin Kasdin

My 26 year-old son Andrew, is smart as a whip, but ADHD and learning disabilities prevented him from shining academically. His best teachers were somewhat unkind...the worst of them were nightmares.

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Open Letter: Saving Medicare Is About Being Super

Laphonza Butler | Posted 01.10.2012

Read More: Jobs, Medicaid, Medicare, Super Committee, Healthcare, Seniors, Disabled, Congress, Aging, Caregiving, Medi-Cal, Super Committee Cuts, National Family Caregiver's Month, Blindness, Homecare, Special Needs Children, Disabled Veterans, Politics, Congress Super Committee, Seiu-Ultcw, Alzheimer's, Eldery, Family Caregiver, Caregivers, Los Angeles News
Laphonza Butler

What is the human cost to what you may be proposing? How does your decision help to promote job creation; hold true to valuing our seniors and disabled; move us closer to our goal of a healthier society?

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What They Didn't Tell Me About My Child's Autism

Ariane Zurcher | Posted 01.10.2012

Read More: Healthy Living Health News, Living With Autism, Healthy Living, Mental Health, Autistic Children, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Raising Children, Autism, Autistic, Special Needs Children, Parenting, Healthy Living Mind, Healthy Living News
Ariane Zurcher

Having a child with autism may cause you to feel things you never dreamed possible. You may know moments of joy and moments of despair you could not have imagined.

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Is He Just Too Old for This?

Melanie Notkin | Posted 12.10.2011

Read More: Male-Infertility, Male Infertility, Women, Judgment Day, Infertility, Judgment, Yom Kippur, Reproductive Health, Iq, Motherhood, Intellectual Disability, Fatherhood, Womne News, Fertility, Special Needs Children, Women News
Melanie Notkin

Men are responsible for 40 percent of all fertility problems among American couples, so why is all the pressure (read: judgment) on women for reproductive health and timeliness?

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