by Jolene | Jul 15, 2015 | Books and Resources, Special Needs Parenting
Music Can Ease Pediatric Pain You know how when your child is in the hospital and in pain, we turn into mama or papa tigers and demand the docs and nurses do something about it? Well, a recent study unearthed another way parents can make their kids’ owies less...
by Jolene | Apr 24, 2014 | Books and Resources, Special Needs Parenting
3D Printers: The Future Is Now Photo Source: www.thinkgeek.com I puffed away at my morning stretches and exercises. The radio was on as a distraction from the pain and boredom. But I was composing a mental to do list and only half listening. Until. Until the...
by Jolene | Mar 7, 2014 | Advocacy, Special Needs Parenting
The Power of Special Needs Parents A few weeks ago Different Dream posted a story about Dr. Ignacio Ponseti, a gifted University of Iowa physician. He developed a non-invasive method for treating clubfoot now known as the Ponseti method. You can read more about him at...
by Jolene | Nov 19, 2013 | Books and Resources, Special Needs Parenting
Find Special Needs Accessible Playgrounds Near You Special needs accessible playgrounds are on the increase. Why? Because last year the federal government made access to play areas a civil right under the Americans with Disabilities Act. The law applies to playgrounds...
by Jolene | Oct 3, 2013 | Books and Resources, Special Needs Parenting
Special Needs and Medically Complex Kids in the News Medically complex kids can lead fulfilling lives. That’s one of the messages conveyed in a recent Morning Edition NPR article. It profiled Kara Doderer, a 15-year-old who lives with lupus and congenital...