Untruths My School District Told Me
Untruths My School District Told Me As a speech-language pathologist who has specialized in AAC for several decades there are some things that I hear over and over again; even...
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What Is Blindness/Visual Impairment?
What is Blindness/Visual Impairment? -Blindness: Complete or nearly complete vision loss Many people regard blindness as the inability to see at all or to discern light from darkness – Legally...
Avoiding the Power Struggles with Your Child
Avoiding the Power Struggles Here is a scenario that I am sure every parent can relate to at some point in parenthood. Your child behaves in a way that tests...
Hunter Syndrome: A Focus on Rare and Unique Disease
Hunter Syndrome From personality to appearance, every child is unique. Most characteristics are passed down to children from their parents’ DNA. If there is an error in this DNA, genetic...
“Back-To-School” Can Also Be “Back-To-Romance” for Special Needs Couples
Romance for Special Needs Couples It was the last thing I needed to see at the end of my workday. But there it was on my kitchen table: Lorne’s back-to-school...
Shopping Without Dropping: Running Errands Successfully
Running Errands Successfully When my daughter was seven years-old and we would shop, she would lay on the floor of the store and refuse to get up, yelling “No” quite...
Embracing Your Child’s Best Ways of Learning 12 Different Ways to Learn
Best Ways of Learning As a parent, you’ve been there for your child’s every milestone, from their first steps to their academic struggles. You know your child better than anyone else, and...
Easy School Lunch Ideas for Busy Parents
School Lunch Ideas Without a doubt, packing school lunches daily is something most of us parents dread during the school year. Mornings are hectic enough with getting the kids out...
School Homework Hacks
SCHOOL HOMEWORK HACKS The gentle reminders of school are upon us in mid-July with school supplies in stores and back-to-school commercials on T.V. Those things serve as reminders that summer...
Be Prepared…
Be Prepared Fifteen years ago, we had no voice …. and didn’t even know we needed one! Boy, were we wrong! Not knowing the IEP process, the verbiage, or our...
