Anaphylaxis is a life threatening allergic reaction. The reaction can result in a variety of symptoms including: rashes, diarrhea, vomiting, swelling, ear infections, itching, airway swelling and closures. It comes on very quickly and must be addressed immediately or the individual can go into pulmonary or cardiac arrests (in severe cases). Anaphylaxis is way more… Continue Reading
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The Importance of Social Stories
As a mom I’ve greatly appreciated the importance of social stories in our home. Social stories are a tool used for children that help aid in communication through pictures. Social Stories are a concept devised by Carol Gray in 1991 to improve the social skills of people with autism spectrum disorders. Autism or not social stories are great… Continue Reading
Creating Successful Events with Sensory Processing Disorder
When your child is diagnosed with Sensory Processing Disorder, you may find yourself withdrawing from a number of activities, for a number of reasons, one of which has to do with your child’s ability to feel comfortable in various settings, within various activities, etc. Once SPD has been diagnosed, therapy begun and a sensory “diet”… Continue Reading
Estate Planning for Special Needs – 5 Steps You Need to Take
You are a great parent; you get to IEP meetings prepared and take notes. You attend support group meetings and fund raising events for special need children, but have you take a few days to sit down and plan for your child’s long term care? It is shocking to discover how many parents have not… Continue Reading
Opposite Sides of the SPD Coin
Sensory Processing Disorder, referred to as SPD and formerly known as Sensory Integration Dysfunction, has many different facets. SPD can affect children as well as adults, but the exact cause is unknown. There is evidence in preliminary research that shows SPD could be genetic, however, birth complications and environmental factors have also been shown to… Continue Reading
Motor Planning – Early Signs We Discovered Along The Way
October is Sensory Processing Awareness month. Some of the less spoken challenges with sensory processing disorder and Autism are motor skills. Referred to by medical professionals as”motor planning”. We discovered our son had motor planning issues at 10 months old. This was the beginning of our journey with SPD and Autism. Many parents don’t… Continue Reading
What is SPD – An Overview Sensory Processing Disorder, How to Recognize It, and What To Do About It
The boy that whirls and spins. The girl who covers her ears when the lawnmower outside begins. Those who crash against walls, seemingly constantly bouncing off… well… everything. Kiddos who “mouth”, scratch at tags, refuse shoes, fall over seemingly nothing, who are loose in their limbs and unsteady on their feet. These are all examples… Continue Reading
Beyond 20/20 – Beyond Vision Therapy
August is National Children’s Vision and Learning Month, just in time for back to school. Many of us recall as children the simple school eye screening where we stood behind a line and read the eye chart. If you didn’t need glasses then you didn’t have a vision problem, or so that was what was… Continue Reading
All Men Are NOT Created Equal – Denying A Man With Autism
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness. That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed.”… Continue Reading
Kids Are Kids, Even When They’re Special – On 5 Minutes for Special Needs Today
Well, we thought, why not. He has Cerebral Palsy, Autism, Epilepsy (a rare form of epilepsy at that), Sensory Processing Disorder…why not hit him with an allergy to the sun just for giggles (we would say in our most sarcastic jokes). All the testing that could be done was only for a final determination that… Continue Reading
Who Knows Your Kid Best?
We who have raised him, helped fight his demons cried with, held down for medical procedures, given therapy to, laughed with, cried with, marveled over and advocated for! How could anyone know him better?!? But on the day of this statement, he is correct…not that “they” know him better, but similarly or as well as… Continue Reading
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