Looking for somewhere good to surf? Stop by this Site of the Day listing for a daily destination of interest to parents of children with special needs. Listed here are the sites or pages featured each day in March 2010. For more sites, visit the index.
1. April 2010 Calendar
Image and text by Terri Mauro
What It Is: A March calendar page with one of my Love Notes for Special Parents, ready to print and post on a wall near you.
2. World Autism Awareness Day
What It Is: "World Autism Awareness Day [April 2] shines a bright light on autism as a growing global health crisis. WAAD activities help to increase and develop world knowledge of the autism epidemic and impart information regarding the importance of early diagnosis and early intervention. Additionally, WAAD celebrates the unique talents and skills of persons with autism and is a day when individuals with autism are warmly welcomed and embraced in community events around the globe."
3. Fun Things to Do
Your super-sized listing of Five Fun Things to Do Today -- including a family activity, a site for the kids, a shopping site, a site offering humor or inspiration about parenting children with special needs, and a site that's just silly or fun.
4. Weekly Round-Up
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.
5. Bounce for Autism
What It Is: "This event enables children, families and all individuals concerned about autism to “Bounce” at a Pump It Up location while raising funds to support autism. Participants form a Bounce Team - their team of bouncers committed to raising funds to help improve the lives of all affected by autism, and ask friends, family, community members, or anyone else to support the cause by giving a donation to sponsor them."
6. No Excuses Unlimited
What It Is: "The mission of No Excuses Unlimited is to foster national and international skiing competition for members of the United States Adaptive Ski Team (USAST). No Excuses Unlimited supports the teaching, training and development of disabled skiers of all ages."
7. National Doodle Day
Image courtesy of National Doodle Day
What It Is: "As part of NF Awareness month, celebrity doodles are available for auction on eBay during May. These doodles have a very important aim: the funds they raise will benefit NF, Inc., an organization dedicated to providing support to individuals and families affected by neurofibromatosis (NF)."
8. Lindt Gold Bunny Celebrity Auction
What It Is: "Lindt will auction off porcelain versions of the iconic Lindt Gold Bunny autographed by celebrities in the entertainment, food, music and sports communities. 100 percent of the proceeds from the auction will be donated to Autism Speaks."
9. The Quaid Foundation
What It Is: "The Quaid Foundation was formed by Dennis and Kimberly Quaid in 2007 after hospital personnel administered an overdose of heparin, a blood thinner, to their 12-day-old twins, putting their lives at great risk. The Quaid family is joining forces with TMIT to raise public awareness about our broken medical system, to eliminate human error, and to make caregivers aware that patients have the right to know all information that could have an impact on their health and well-being, with major focus on increasing awareness of the dangers of medication errors."
10. Fun Things to Do
What It Is: Your super-sized listing of Five Fun Things to Do Today -- including a family activity, a site for the kids, a shopping site, a site offering humor or inspiration about parenting children with special needs, and a site that's just silly or fun.
