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Putting Special Talents To Good Use: An Amazing Handyman With Autism
Brad Fremmerlid, 24, of Edmonton, Canada, has a special gift: He is good at putting stuff together. IKEA products, in particular. If you’ve ever tried to assemble one you know that it can feel as if...
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Hooray For Cheerleaders With Special Needs
There’s a trend out there worth cheering for: more teens with special needs are becoming cheerleaders. I’ve been reading articles about girls with special needs joining squads, as Rachel Massingale...
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Should An Olympic Medalist Play Up His Brother’s Disabilities?
Yesterday, I watched Canadian freestyle skier Alex Bilodeau, 26, win the gold at Sochi. The camera panned to his brother, Frederic, wildly cheering him on, joy and pride beaming out of him. Soon, Alex...
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A Boy With Special Needs Discovers A Million People Like Him
“Because of Colin’s disabilities, social skills are not easy for him, and he often acts out in school, and the other kids don’t like him,” read the post on the Facebook page Happy Birthday Colin,...
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Sisters In Wheelchairs Win A National Dance Competition
Two sisters won the Jamfest Dance Super Nationals this past weekend in Covington, Kentucky. That’s pretty cool, but their story gets even better. Gracie Latkovski, 9, has cerebral palsy and cystic...
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When People Do Favors For Kids With Special Needs
You may have seen the viral video by now: Five-year-old Daniel of Ojai, California, has autism, and loves to watch the Monday morning garbage pickup. Driver Manuel Sanchez decided to buy him a toy...
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Sled Hockey For Kids With Disabilities And One Amazing Dad
Dads running sports teams in which their kids participate is nothing unusual. A father who starts a sled hockey team for youth with physical disabilities is. Meet Bill Greenburg and his son, Sam,...
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How Autism Moms Parent Differently
Moms who have kids with autism are less likely to set rules than other parents, says a study published in the March issue of the Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. These moms more...
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Youngest Kindergarteners More Likely To Be Held Back, Says A New Study
Here’s news that may influence parents’ decision on when to enroll their tots in kindergarten: The youngest kindergarteners are about five times more likely than the oldest students to be held back,...
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Officially, Wednesday was Spread the Word to End the Word awareness day, dedicated to raising awareness about why the words “retard” and “retarded” are so hurtful—both to people who have intellectual...
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A Special Couple Fosters Six Children With Special Needs
“Do you ever get tired of hearing people ask you how you do it?” another special needs mom recently asked me. I do, but I also know that people don’t necessarily mean anything negative by it. They’re...
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Let’s Talk More About Kids With Special Needs
I was on a plane when I started poring over the April issue of Parents magazine. The cover features beautiful siblings, 3-year-old Chloe and 5-year-old Daniel. Both have autism. It’s not every day...
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Scary Vaccine Realities You Can’t Argue With
The Internet is still buzzing about Kristin Cavallari’s revelation that she hadn’t vaccinated her eighteen-month-old son and didn’t plan on vaccinating the child she’s pregnant with. Her explanation...
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7 Things My Kid With Down Syndrome Does That I Never Could
This guest post in honor of World Down Syndrome Day is from Kari Wagner-Peck, mom to Thorin. Keri is an awesome writer and advocate who blogs at Atypical Son, and her post It’s an amazing reminder...
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5 Key Tips For Finding A Camp For A Child With Special Needs
With spring coming around, a lot of us are thinking about summer plans—and maybe, just maybe, finding a camp for our kids. It can seem like a daunting task if you have a child with special needs, but...
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Special Needs Families: Celebrate National Let’s Go Out Day
In honor of Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month, there is one key thing you can do: Take your family to the park. Or for fro-yo. Or to the zoo. Or to any public place! The Arc has planned its...
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How Autism Parents Feel About Studies On Causes: Guilt, Frustration And Hope
Another study just came out about the causes of autism, a small one that found a link to differences in the brain that emerge during pregnancy. Reported in the New England Journal of Medicine, the...
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A Talented Girl With Autism Draws The Friends She’d Like To Have
When Leah DeMonia, 12, was first diagnosed with autism at age two and a half, her mom found that making art and crafts could help coax her out of meltdowns, or draw her out of one when nothing else...
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A Bank Pays Off A Special Needs Mom’s Mortgage: Happy News Alert
OK, here’s your happy news of the week. Maybe your entire month. Lisa Anderson lives in Austell, Georgia with her 20-year-old twin daughters, Amber and Alicia Whatley, who both have cerebral palsy....
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A is for Amazing: Sesame Street Raises Autism Awareness
Sesame Workshop has a new initiative, See Amazing in All Children, to help educate the public about autism. They’ve teamed up with Autism Speaks with an aim of combating, as they say, “the stigma and...
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