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Things Not to Say from ‘My New Normal’
I’ve recently stumbled upon the blog, My New Normal (http://mynewnormal.blogspot.com) written by a mommy with a special flair for bold honesty which I appreciate so very much. While she is the mommy of a beautiful 3 year old daughter and I am a mommy of a beautiful 16 year old daughter both with significantly different …
Tricky Terminology and Abbreviations
Some of you are pretty new to being involved in the crazy maze of special needs parenting. When I first had my daughter Katherine and needed to understand medical terminology, I had a small hand up because I was an Emergency Medical Technician. This meant that I had some basic understanding of medical terminology, anatomy …
The Sunday Paper for January 20, 2008….
….and a cup of coffee Every Sunday I hope to offer you my version of the Sunday paper with articles from the past week or two, relevant or uplifitng (or both), on various issues within the special needs community. Disability 101: The greatest gift is not help Columnist Sandy Lahmann, former Special Education Teacher from …
Reading is Fundamental
If I haven’t mentioned it before I think Katherine is a pretty amazing kid. When you meet her it’s fairly obvious something is different. Her stance is a little different, her gait (the way she walks) is decidedly different. She carries her right arm differently than her left. She will reach to shake hands with …
Early Intervention DOES Matter
Katherine’s stroke was diagnosed at about 1.5 days old (ok with a good ole kick in the A** to the doctors from her father and me and a sign from God called a seizure) but none the less it made a HUGE difference in terms of where we are today. Had we listened to the …
Document your Intent
In the final piece on estate planning I’m going to talk about the piece that honestly I’ve been dreading – probably because doing mine was such a struggle, so I don’t want anyone sitting there thinking I’m so perfect and organized. It’s called a Letter of Intent or Life Plan. It’s purpose is two-fold. First …
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