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Many have heard of the recent Oregon wrongful birth suit won by parents who were awarded nearly $3 Million recently. As painful as that news was to read, John Knight from Works of God wrote a beautiful article illuminating the glimmer of hope that arises from cases such as that one:Â "The recent decision to award an Oregon couple $2.9 million from...
Day 1 - Today is the big day - Chase's First Day of Preschool at the local public school in the special needs preschool class! As you can see from his silly faces, Chase was not too nervous. Â Big brother is just ecstatic that Chase will be at his school, and both were thrilled that Chase would get to take the bus even though it is actual a separate bus t...
Check out this trailer for Kelle Hampton's new book, Bloom. I love the words she uses in this beautiful little clip! You can preorder her book here and find her blog at http://www.kellehampton.com.
Chase's first day went smoothly and he came home happy and tired! The teachers did a great job of putting together a communication notebook filled with take-home exercises to support what they do in class, and a daily summary sheet showing what Chase did and how things went throughout the day. I enjoyed the chance to find out how each segment of th...
Free Book - Thanks to a blogging friend, I just found out that the book My Emily is available for free download through Amazon until (or perhaps through) tomorrow! This is the kindle version of the book, but Amazon offers a Kindle Application for you to read Kindle books on your computer so we can all take advantage of the offer. I haven't read this book yet...
Day 1 - Today is the big day - Chase's First Day of Preschool at the local public school in the special needs preschool class! As you can see from his silly faces, Chase was not too nervous. Â Big brother is just ecstatic that Chase will be at his school, and both were thrilled that Chase would get to take the bus even though it is actual a separate bus th...
I was thrilled to find out that Laura Story won a grammy last monthfor her song, "Blessings" - which she both wrote and sings. This song has the most amazing lyrics: You have to also check out the story behind the song - below
In honor of the upcoming World Down Syndrome Day on March 21, check out one of Chase's awesome new abilities: climbing the playhouse ladder completely unassisted!
Chase returned to the eye doctor and ENT this past week for checkups as it had been six months since his last surgery involving his ears and eyes. Here's a quick update: EYES: Good news, Bad news. The great news is that the eye doc was somehow able to pull out one of Chase's nuchal tear duct tubes in the doctor's office with only a little numbing m...
There are two webinars this month that look absolutely fantastic for those of us with a child with special needs: Living arrangements: What are the options for my child? Tuesday, March 13, 2012 from 7-8pm EST Sponsored by Georgia Council on Developmental Disabilities Click HERE To Register  All young people have to learn what options are availab...
Chase returned to the eye doctor and ENT this past week for checkups as it had been six months since his last surgery involving his ears and eyes. Here's a quick update: EYES: Good news, Bad news. The great news is that the eye doc was somehow able to pull out one of Chase's nuchal tear duct tubes in the doctor's office with only a little numbing m...
Today I met with the special needs preschool team for Chase's first Individualized Education Plan (IEP) meeting. As he turns 3 next month, he will be start preschool at the local public school and we needed to set forth the goals we want the teachers and therapists to work towards in order to maximize his time there. Apart from myself, we met with ...
Making the Shots and Leading the Team - Disability Scoop has a great (and short!) article today about a boy with Down syndrome named David Andrews who has a 3-point scoring average better than even LeBron James! Although I see many articles about coaches putting in their players with DS for the sake of giving them a chance to play (nothing wrong with that), this article really showed me...
