GFCF Crafts, Kid Videos, and More Fun Things to Do
Saturday February 28, 2009
A Saturday "Site of the Day" special: Most days, a single Site of the Day is plenty to keep you occupied. But on Saturday morning, with kids underfoot and a ... Read More
Weekly Round-Up: Week of February 23
Friday February 27, 2009
Here's your weekend round-up of all the articles, blog posts, and site updates you may have missed from the past week in About Parenting Special Needs.
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Finding the Perfect ... Read More
Friday Free-for-All: Sound Off on Jerry Lewis, Reality TV, Birthdays
Friday February 27, 2009
The opportunities for spouting off on this site have grown over the years from the forum to blog comments to article add-ons. I'm going to take Fridays to highlight a ... Read More
Death of David Cameron's Son Draws Reflection on How Special Children Change Us
Thursday February 26, 2009
Several items in today's News and Views folder deal with the death Ivan Cameron, a six-year-old with cerebral palsy and a rare form of epilepsy called Ohtahara syndrome. Ivan's father ... Read More
You Can Bring the Boy to Church, But You Can't Make Him Worship
Thursday February 26, 2009
My son's getting better and better these days at making it through Sunday services. But extra services wedged among the week's activities, like yesterday's Ash Wednesday observance? Extra services are ... Read More
New Vaccine Court Case Keeps Controversy Going
Wednesday February 25, 2009
When the U.S. Vaccine Court made a ruling a couple of weeks ago against three families who claimed their children's autism was caused by vaccines, most reports acknowledged that, for ... Read More
Birthday Party Trauma
Wednesday February 25, 2009
Maybe it was the party you threw for your child that no one attended. Or the one your child went to and wreaked havoc. Maybe it was the way the ... Read More
When Children With Special Needs Become Adults
Tuesday February 24, 2009
As my kids get older -- they'll be 16 and 19 this year -- I find myself worrying less about finding the cure or treatment that will solve all their ... Read More
Making Some Noise for Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder
Tuesday February 24, 2009
Jodee Kulp, of the FASD website Better Endings, New Beginnings and newcomer Toolbox Parenting, wrote me recently to say that her novel about Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder, The Whitest Wall, ... Read More
In the News: Cystic Fibrosis, Disability Sensitivity, Vaccines
Monday February 23, 2009
Every day, I hand-pick news items, blog posts, and articles from around the Web of interest to parents of children with special needs and put them in my Today's News ... Read More
Share the Story of a Cause You're Nuts About
Monday February 23, 2009
If you watched the Oscars last night, and stayed in front of your TV during the commercials instead of dashing to the kitchen or the bathroom, you may have seen ... Read More
Weekly Round-Up: Week of February 16
Sunday February 22, 2009
Here's your weekend round-up of all the articles, blog posts, and site updates you may have missed from the past week in About Parenting Special Needs.
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Diagnosis Index
Acronym Index
Blog ... Read More
Clothing, Coloring, and More Fun Things to Do
Saturday February 21, 2009
A Saturday "Site of the Day" special: Most days, a single Site of the Day is plenty to keep you occupied. But on Saturday morning, with kids underfoot and a ... Read More
Friday Free-for-All: Sound Off on Autism Sunday, Vaccines, and Camp
Friday February 20, 2009
The opportunities for spouting off on this site have grown over the years from the forum to blog comments to article add-ons. I'm going to take Fridays to highlight a ... Read More
Not Everybody Thinks Jerry Lewis Is a Great Humanitarian
Thursday February 19, 2009
When Jerry Lewis picks up his Jean Herscholt Humanitarian Award at the Oscars on Sunday night, will you be cheering his tireless telethon work on behalf of the Muscular Dystrophy ... Read More
Photo Recipe Lets Young Chefs Run the Kitchen
Thursday February 19, 2009
Yesterday, I posted a photo of a craft project my son and his buddies did a couple of months ago, combining shaving cream and food coloring to decorate paper. Also ... Read More
Wordless Wednesday: Pretty Paper
Wednesday February 18, 2009
Special Education and Black Humor Do Not Mix
Wednesday February 18, 2009
I remember years ago, when my son was just starting preschool, I was chatting with his teacher and another special-education teacher at his school at the end of a back-to-school ... Read More
Afraid Of, and For, Our Children
Tuesday February 17, 2009
Are you ever afraid of your child?
I'd imagine that most of us are afraid for our kids on a regular basis, but afraid of? The case of a mom who ... Read More
Making the Best of the Break
Tuesday February 17, 2009
Got kids home this week for winter break? Me, too. Check these articles for some ideas on how to pass those days productively.
Play games that sneak a little learning in.
Sneak ... Read More
Vaccine Court Verdict Draws Opinions From All Sides
Monday February 16, 2009
Paterson Protests Saturday Night Live Treatment
Monday February 16, 2009
Governor David Paterson of New York is not being a good sport about the way he's depicted on Saturday Night Live, and more power to him. According to an ABC ... Read More
Weekly Round-Up: Week of February 9
Sunday February 15, 2009
Here's your weekend round-up of all the articles, blog posts, and site updates you may have missed from the past week in About Parenting Special Needs.
New Articles
Image Gallery: The ... Read More
Valentines, Unicorns, and More Fun Things to Do
Saturday February 14, 2009
A Saturday "Site of the Day" special: Most days, a single Site of the Day is plenty to keep you occupied. But on Saturday morning, with kids underfoot and a ... Read More
Friday Free-for-All: Sound Off on Wendy Portillo, Summer Camp, and More
Friday February 13, 2009
The opportunities for spouting off on this site have grown over the years from the forum to blog comments to article add-ons. I'm going to take Fridays to highlight a ... Read More
Asperger Syndrome on The Big Bang Theory
Thursday February 12, 2009
With all the talk about Mary McDonnell's Grey's Anatomy turn as a surgeon with Asperger syndrome -- or, really, an Asperger-syndrome surgeon, since it's not a people-first kind of portrayal ... Read More
What We're Reading: North Woods Poachers
Thursday February 12, 2009
My son and I finished North Woods Poachers last night, another high-action, simple-plotting book by Max Elliot Anderson (compare prices). The author's "Tweener Press Adventure Series" is designed to rope ... Read More
Wordless Wednesday: The Picture Cookbook
Wednesday February 11, 2009
Sending Your Child to College? Leave the "Disability Flag" Home
Wednesday February 11, 2009
I went to a program about college disability services at my kids' high school last night. Elizabeth Cohen Hamblet, a learning disabilities consultant from Princeton, New Jersey, spoke about the ... Read More
How Do You Mark a Boy's Sweet 16?
Tuesday February 10, 2009
Speaking of parties, what kind of birthday parties do they give these days for 16-year-old boys? It's not uncommon in our area for girls attaining that age to get a ... Read More
Sweets for Your Sweetie's School Party
Tuesday February 10, 2009
Are you planning this week for school Valentine parties and distribution of those little packaged cards? We're past that at my house now; no class moms in our high school, ... Read More
Facebook Brings Teen Friendship Confusion to a Computer Near You
Monday February 9, 2009
I wrote a while back about Facebook, and how it looked like an appealing option for kids like my daughter who aren't always so quick with the appropriate social language ... Read More
In a Week Full of Hearts, Raising Awareness of Heart Defects
Monday February 9, 2009
Congenital Heart Disease Awareness Week started on Saturday. That seems like an odd day to start a "week," but the event is scheduled to end on heart-intensive February 14 -- ... Read More
Weekly Round-Up: Week of February 2
Sunday February 8, 2009
Here's your weekend round-up of all the articles, blog posts, and site updates you may have missed from the past week in About Parenting Special Needs.
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User Answers: Recommend ... Read More
Characters, Coloring, and More Fun Things to Do
Saturday February 7, 2009
A Saturday "Site of the Day" special: Most days, a single Site of the Day is plenty to keep you occupied. But on Saturday morning, with kids underfoot and a ... Read More
Friday Free-for-All: Sound Off on Institutions, Peanut Butter, and Thankfulness
Friday February 6, 2009
The opportunities for spouting off on this site have grown over the years from the forum to blog comments to article add-ons. I'm going to take Fridays to highlight a ... Read More
Children With Behavior Issues More Likely to Be Properly Car-Seated, For All the Good It Does Them
Thursday February 5, 2009
Interesting report in the current edition of the journal Pediatrics about children with special needs in car seats. Researchers interviewed parents of children who had been involved in car crashes ... Read More
Praying for a Time When Every Sunday Is Autism Sunday
Thursday February 5, 2009
I see from an item on About.com's Autism site that this Sunday, February 8, is Autism Sunday. Church leaders from around the world have agreed to make the second Sunday ... Read More
Alex Barton's Teacher Saw Humiliating Him as "Just Another Learning Opportunity"
Wednesday February 4, 2009
Wendy Portillo is having her day in court. The teacher who had her kindergarten class vote a child with Asperger syndrome out is appealing her year-long suspension. And, you know, ... Read More
Found a Great Special-Needs Camp? Spread the Word!
Wednesday February 4, 2009
Summer camp may seem far away, as you deal with snow days and school struggles. But many camps are getting their schedules and their forms together now, and while you ... Read More
Does Having Two Kids in Special Education Temper Your Advocacy?
Tuesday February 3, 2009
Choosing battles with your school district over special-education violations is always a tricky process, but it gets infinitely harder when you have more than one classified child. In addition to ... Read More
The Arthur Character Search Is Officially Underway
Tuesday February 3, 2009
The entry form for the Arthur All Kids Can Character Search that I told you about a while back is finally online, and like so many things about the Arthur ... Read More
Our First College Tour
Monday February 2, 2009
Winning Bidder in Special-Needs Family's eBay Auction Won't Take Delivery
Monday February 2, 2009
What would you do if you decided to dramatically downsize your life, selling off most of your belongings to pay for medical and therapy expenses for your kids with special ... Read More
Weekly Round-Up: Week of January 26
Sunday February 1, 2009
Here's your weekend round-up of all the articles, blog posts, and site updates you may have missed from the past week in About Parenting Special Needs.
New Articles
Dealing With Staring
What ... Read More