I am a firm believer in the use of baby sign language. My older child is language delayed, so we started teaching him sign language in order to reduce some of the frustrations that both of us were feeling due to his lack of communication skills (pointing and screaming just wasn’t working for us). We [...]

The US Space and Rocket center in Huntsville Alabama has opened a Space Camp for Interested Visually Impaired Students. Students who are partially or totally blind are able to attend and do many of the regular activities with a few modifications, such as Braille being added to the space shuttle simulators. For more information on [...]

Earlier this week, Oprah had actresses Jenny McCarthy and Holly Robinson Peete on her show to discuss the impact of their son’s diagnosis of autism in their lives. This is not the first time Oprah has had a show on autism, but it is the first where celebrities have come on and thrown off the [...]

The United States simply does not have enough special education teachers. Many do not want to go into the rewarding field of special education due to the time (paper work) and patience it takes to be a special education teacher. This article sheds some light on what is going on in this country and what [...]

I would like to say a special Thank You to the people at Babytalk magazine for featuring a child with Down Syndrome on its cover and a wonderful story from a mom’s point of view. It is rare to see a mainstream parenting magazine featuring a child that is considered “different” in a positive light [...]

After hearing about a father/son team that competes in triathlons (the son has Cerebral Palsy) a father of a five year old with Cri Du Chat started competing with his own son. In this article he describes how he has been inspired by his son by watching how hard he works in his many different [...]