by Guest Author | Mar 26, 2018 | BABY, Diagnosis, Finding Balance, High School, Individuals, KIDS, New Mom/Dad, Parents, Work Life, YOU
by Angela West March is Cerebral Palsy Awareness Month. It is also Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month. In addition to raising awareness, we should be celebrating people with different needs and abilities. So often, when doctors diagnose a young child with...
by Guest Author | Mar 14, 2018 | Advocacy, BABY, Diagnosis, Extended Family, Friends and Acquaintances, Parents, RELATIONSHIPS, Uncategorized, YOU
by Jamie Bruen Recently it was mentioned how the world might be better without people with disabilities to a friend. She asked how I would have handled it, how words like that make me feel, if it is worth speaking out in anger. My son, Liam, is 99.9% physically...
by Erin Croyle | Mar 8, 2018 | Advocacy, Friends and Acquaintances, Individuals, Medical Team, Parents, RELATIONSHIPS, Self-Advocacy, Uncategorized, YOU
We are well into the age of the internet where nasty Yelp reviews and Facebook rants rule. We have every right to air our grievances and report wrongdoing. It needs to be done so poor treatment isn’t repeated. But it is so easy to get sucked into this cycle of...
by Erin Croyle | Mar 7, 2018 | Advocacy, Parents, YOU
Retard. Retarded. Libtard. Fill-in-the-blank-tard. ‘Tard. The word and any derivation of it is painful. It is hate speech. Yet we hear it everywhere. Kids say it. Doctors say it. Politicians say it. Comedians staunchly defend their right to use it. Random strangers at...
by Guest Author | Mar 6, 2018 | Advocacy, Elementary School, High School, Home Life, Individuals, KIDS, Middle School, Parents, Preschool, YOU
By Valerie Abbott When my daughter was diagnosed with a moderate to severe bilateral hearing loss at age 2, we did a lot of research about hearing aids and genetic testing. We learned the difference between an IFSP, an IEP and a 504 plan. We pursued speech and...
