How Does a Patient Portal Benefit My Child?
Electronic Medical Records or Patient Portals, as they are often called, provide us with many benefits for accessing our medical files. Of course, as with anything, there will be pros...
Special Needs
Why Teaching Self-Care Skills is Critical to Our Children’s Success
Mary is a 6-year-old child. Her mother and father, Betty and Tom, wait anxiously at a psychologist’s office. When called into the appointment room, they hear that Mary has been...
Create, Cook, Talk: Grilled Cheese with Brie and Preserves
Grilled Cheese with a twist using Brie and Preservers makes it a perfect sweet and savory sandwich. We paired ours with a salad to complete the meal instead of tomato...
How I Was Able to Find Love Again
Photo from left to right: Justin Davner (boyfriend), McKenzie Foster (daughter), Erin Foster (mom), Kyle Foster (son). How I was able to find love again and my boyfriend loves both...
How Technology Aids Families with Disabilities
We live in a world where technological advances are an everyday occurrence. We can see this in advertisements, scholarly journal articles, the news, and even social media. For disabled persons,...
From Special to Ordinary
How do we help your loved one shift from the “special” to the “ordinary”? Special classrooms, programs and groups. Our family members with developmental disabilities are forced to live a...
Empowering Ability
in·de·pend·ent /ˌindəˈpendənt/ adjective 1. free from outside control; not depending on another’s authority. 2. not depending on another for livelihood or subsistence. We all know what it means to be...
2021 Holidays & Holi-Deals Gift Guide (slide show)
1. Fort Magic. The ultimate “mom-created” fort-building kit for kids. The kit offers curved and straight pipes and various connectors, so you can build whatever you can think of! BUY...
TOP 5 Favorite Toys in his “bag of tricks” as an Occupational Therapist
Play is often talked about as if it were a relief from serious learning. But for children, play is serious learning. Play is really the work of childhood” -Fred Rogers...
Bookshelf Essentials: Supporting Different-Ability Awareness
Support Different-Ability Awareness this October. Share these books with your community. : ) Ben’s Adventures: A Day at the Beach by Elizabeth Gerlach A heartwarming children’s book series about...
