Teaching life skills to children with special needs has long been a goal in the special needs community. One of the more popular life skills is food preparation. Many children with special needs love to cook and it gives kids the ability to learn about food prep, hygiene, cleanup and much more. Today, Valerie Strohl and her [...]
“Mom, I hate having Down Syndrome.” My 14-year old daughter told me this the other day. Honestly, I sat there for a minute because I didn’t know what to say. It wasn’t a big surprise to me because she had implied in the past that she wanted nothing to do with Down Syndrome. Our family [...]
March 21st marks World Down Syndrome Day on the Special Needs Calendar. World Down Syndrome Day is a global awareness day which has been officially observed by the United Nations since 2012. The day is is focused on raising awareness for individuals with Down Syndrome. In preperation for World Down Syndrome Awareness Day we gathered [...]
March 21st 2013 marks the 8th anniversary of World Down Syndrome Day (WDSD), an awareness day which is officially observed world-wide. In an article on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention site, I found that 1 of every 700 babies born in the United States each year is born with Down syndrome. This being [...]
From the time my daughter was born with Down syndrome thirteen years ago, my biggest concern was what would happen when she got her period. I have learned over the years that I am not alone when it comes to parental worry on this subject. Let me stress up front that I am not a [...]
As I began the process of preparing for my oldest daughter’s graduation party, I found myself in the basement – cleaning the storage room that had not been touched since the day we moved in to our home over ten years ago. As I went through box after box of memories, I stumbled across preschool [...]
This past Wednesday, March 21 was World Down Syndrome Day. Down syndrome organizations throughout the world organized and participated in events to raise public awareness of Down syndrome. This year was the 7th annual World Down Syndrome day and for the first time the U.N participated with a commerative event called “Building our Future.” Many people took [...]
I know this is a sensitive issue for many parents, because I personally got caught in the crossfire surrounding it when my daughter was born almost thirteen years ago. Our daughter’s diagnosis of Down Syndrome (Trisomy 21) was unexpected and the only thing I knew to do was reach out to my friend who was [...]
Every Sunday, we select the week’s big special needs news stories and blog posts. This week, we feature 10 news stories, five blog posts, and this week’s posts from the Friendship Circle blog. NJ Today: NJ Congressman Introduces Legislation For Tourette Syndrome Before Congress’ holiday recess, U.S. Representative Albio Sires introduced the Collaborative Academic Research [...]
Every Sunday, we select the week’s big special needs stories and great blog posts from special needs bloggers. This week, we bring you nine news stories, five blog posts, and what you may have missed this week from the Friendship Circle blog. Forbes: Living Life With Autism II: Perspectives Alice Walton’s last article on living [...]
