by Honey Denson
A few weeks ago, I sat down with my son’s early intervention teacher for a conference. She looked at me at said, “Joshua is the perfect example of how early intervention works”
My heart soared. This is exactly what I needed to hear. Sometimes raising a child with special needs is like trying to [...]

Please take a moment to watch this video about a young boy named Titus who has aplastic anemia. Titus was born with his condition and this cord blood stem cell transplant was his best hope. It is a very informative video that explains how the transplant works.

Please take a moment to read this very special article about a woman who teaches music to people with special needs.
At what turned out to be Jessica’s last lesson, I asked her what rain sounded like. She actually gave this some thought before gently playing a tinkling sound on the higher notes that steadily became [...]

My older son has been in speech therapy for quite a while now. The word Apraxia has been mentioned as a possibility for his speech delay, and, of course, I had to get on the internet to research it. I found a few interesting articles that I thought might be beneficial to those going down [...]

It is unfortunate and sad that so many women choose to abort a child because that child has a disability that he or she had no control over. Every human life is sacred. David MacDonald has been speaking out on behalf of the disabled unborn.

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 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 [...]

This is a good vidoe on how to use an Epi-Pen. It is very important that everyone knows how to use this life saving device with the rise of allergies in this country.

I think that if a person has “normal” vision that it is very difficult for them to imagine what it is like to be visually impaired. This is an interesting video that shows how some people with visual impairments see. It certainly gave me a new perspective on how life would be different if I [...]