May

27

Goodbye for Now

Posted by preciouschild

May 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Due to a workload that has increased in my “day job,” I’m going to have to retire from authoring here.
I’m encouraged by the introductions and relationships forged here.  Please continue to talk to each other, and sharing your resources.  Keep following the blogs of other parents.  It helps in ways you might not know about […]

May

26

Monday Headlines

Posted by preciouschild

May 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment

No parenting break for those with aging disabled children
CEDAR RAPIDS - For some families, parenting is a lifelong task.
“If you had told both of us back when we were first married this would be our life, I would have said ‘No way,’” said Mary DeWees, mother to Brenda
DeWees, a mentally disabled 47-year-old with cerebral palsy, […]

May

23

Free-for-All Friday

Posted by preciouschild

May 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment

It’s a Free-for-All!
Got a rant?
Got a praise?
Good news?
Bad news?
Share in the comments whatever’s pressing on you.

May

22

Thursday Tools - Ablephone

Posted by preciouschild

May 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Today’s tool is the Ablephone!
From their website:
ABLE-PHONE is a leading manufacturer of Voice Activated Telephones. We have been producing Voice Activated Speakerphones for over 14 years. ABLE-PHONE is the result of the re-directed efforts of a company started in 1960. In 1985 our product developer became acutely aware of the needs of the physically […]

May

21

Wednesday Definitions - Call for Input

Posted by preciouschild

May 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment

For the month of April I asked you what you wanted defined.  I didn’t get any answers…  So - I’m asking again for your help on Wednesdays for the month of May.  What do you want or need defined.  What gives your trouble… leaves you asking, “What is…?”
Then, for the month of June (if my […]

May

20

Tuesday Blogger Call Outs

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May 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment

I’m trying to build up my cache of Tuesday Featured Blogger interviews…  If you know of a blogger that hasn’t yet been interviewed here, and has a child with special needs (of any and all sorts) - please point me in the direction of their blog.

May

19

Monday Headlines

Posted by preciouschild

May 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Disability in History: Aristotle Sucks
How much do you know about Down syndrome in history?
Most of us know that John Langdon Down first described the characteristics of Down syndrome in 1866 and that Jérôme Lejeune in 1959 was the first person to identify the presence of the extra twenty first chromosome in people with Down syndrome. […]

May

16

Free-for-All Friday

Posted by preciouschild

May 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment

It’s a Free-for-All!
Got a rant?
Got a praise?
Good news?
Bad news?
Share in the comments whatever’s pressing on you.

May

15

Thursday Tools - Sensory Interventions

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May 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Today’s tool - Sensory Interventions!
From their website:
Sensory Interventions was designed primarily to help parents and therapists to find appropriate sensory integration products for helping children with Sensory Processing Disorders to develop Sensory Integration and achieve their maximum potential. Many of these sensory integration products and developmental toys are also useful as Sensory Toys for […]

May

14

Wednesday Definitions - Call for Input

Posted by preciouschild

May 14, 2008 | 3 Comments

For the month of April I asked you what you wanted defined.  I didn’t get any answers…  So - I’m asking again for your help on Wednesdays for the month of May.  What do you want or need defined.  What gives your trouble… leaves you asking, “What is…?”
Then, for the month of June (if my […]

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