Yesterday, we looked at the all-around top articles of 2011, regardless of when they were written. Today, the listing of the most popular pages on this site in 2011 continues with the most visited articles written this year. Readers' Choice Award round-ups dominated, but some other hot topics managed to sneak through.
1 • Apps for Children With Special Needs: I wrote about apps every day in January 2011, and collected those posts along with other app reviews in a list that was tops in viewership among new articles.
2 • We Expect Respect: A Manifesto for Parents of Children With Special Needs: Indifference to the dignity of children with special needs among businesses, movie makers, and the general public inspired me to write this demand for attention, and more than 125 parents to sign on so far.
3 • Complete List of Special-Needs Winners - About.com Readers' Choice Awards 2011: The Readers' Choice Awards brought lots of viewers to the site in the early part of the year, to support their favorites and find new resources to explore. This article started as an introduction to the categories and ended as a showcase for the winners.
4 • Favorite Special-Needs Parenting Blog - About.com Readers' Choice Awards 2011: Among the many Readers' Choice Awards round-ups that topped the 2011 most-viewed list was this one highlighting the five nominees for favorite blog.
5 • Sample IEPs: I gathered links from around the Web to help parents get a good idea of what that important document should look like.
6 • Special-Needs Business Profile: The Victoria Chart Company: A new entry in my Enterprising Parents series is an interview with a mom who started a company making behavior charts.
7 • Favorite Special-Needs Memoir - About.com Readers' Choice Awards 2011: The seventh-most-popular new article featured the five memoir nominees for a Readers' Choice Award.
8 • Father's Day Cards: I turned my Love Notes for Special Parents designs into cards for dad's special day, and they proved popular with readers.
9 • Favorite Special-Needs Children's Book - About.com Readers' Choice Awards 2011: Children's books were also up for Readers' Choice Awards this year, and many readers learned more about them in this showcase article.
10 • Best Special-Needs Online Community - About.com Readers' Choice Awards 2011: The final Readers' Choice category and high-rated article on the finalists was for special-needs support groups that made a home on the Web.
11 • Eight Reasons to Be Inclusive: "Because it's the right thing to do" should be enough, but because it doesn't seem to be working, I came up with seven more to add to it.
Close behind these in popularity were articles on five things to do when your child is bullied and how to make your church more inclusive. Come back tomorrow for a look at the most-viewed topic categories of the year, and review past lists in the Top 11 of 2011 index.