Pinterest: 15 Special Needs Organizations & Bloggers To Follow

Down Syndrome on Pinterest

So… Are you on Pinterest yet? If you haven’t heard the buzz yet Pinterest is a pinboard-styled social photo sharing website. The service allows users to create and manage theme-based image collections. The site’s mission statement is to “connect everyone in the world through the ‘things’ they find interesting.” The Growth of Pinterest has been amazing. Pinterest [...]

Autistic Boy Bullied, Blind Fencing and more news and blogs

Dental Care for Disabled

Every week, we select the week’s big special needs news stories and blog posts. This week, we feature 14 news stories, eight blog posts, and this week’s posts from the Friendship Circle blog. In The News Oklahoma Blind Fencer Hits Mark With Documentary When Catherine Bolton began to lose her sight, she never dreamed she [...]

From The Today Show: Twins misdiagnosed with Cerebral Palsy

From The Today Show Twins misdiagnosed with Cerebral Palsy

Have you ever heard Dopa-responsive dystonia? To be honest with you I had not and neither did the parents of  Noah and Alexis Beery. On this Today Show Segment Retta and Joe, parent’s of Noah and Alexis shared how doctor after doctor diagnosed the twins as having Cerebral Palsy. After years of research the Berry’s [...]

5 Great Blog Posts from Parents of children with special needs

From the day we first started the Friendship Circle Blog a year ago we have taken an interest in what people write about in their own blogs. We were blown away with the amount of quality articles written on a regular basis. Once a month we highlight blog posts from other bloggers that we thought were great reads. Below [...]

Seven Great Blog Posts from Special Needs Parents

Caitlin Wray

From the day we first started the Friendship Circle Blog last April we have taken an interest in what people write about in their own blogs. We were blown away with the amount of quality articles written on a regular basis. Whether the content was focused on parenting tips, humor, life stories or just general support [...]