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A Poem for autism
Autism is a lifelong developmental disability that affects how a person communicates with, and relates to, other people. It also affects how they make sense of the world around them. This poem reflects how one child tries to communicate with his parents, how he feels and shares his love for them. Dear Mummy, don’t you…
Posted in Special Needs Tagged Autism, Autism Speaks, daddy, love, Mummy, Sleep, special needs, speech difficulties Leave a comment
The importance of folic acid
New film explains the importance of folic acid to any woman who can have a baby A new film entitled ‘I am a …’ has been released by the national charity Shine as part of their campaign Go Folic! which aims to communicate the message that taking folic acid is essential in preventing birth defects…
Evening Helpline support for families of deaf children
The UK’s only Helpline for families of deaf children, and the professionals who work with them, is now open Monday to Thursday 9:30am-9:30pm, and on Friday 9:30am-5pm. Parents of deaf children can now get access to expert information on childhood hearing loss in the evening, as the National Deaf Children’s Society (NDCS) extends the opening…
Posted in News, Support group Tagged Hearing, Hearing impairment, hearing loss, Helpline, National Deaf Children's Society, News, special needs, support Leave a comment
Free workshop for special educational needs
National charity Young Epilepsy is pleased to invite parents and carers from across England to a workshop about special educational needs funding. The one-hour workshop, which is part of a half-day Open Day at the charity’s headquarters, will take place on Wednesday 14 March, and will be led by Deborah Hay, a barrister at Hardwicke…
Posted in News, Special Needs Tagged charity, early years education, epidemics, epilepsy, Registered Charity, special needs Leave a comment
Living with cytomegalovirus
An unidentified infection, cytomegalovirus (CMV), in Kim Crook’s pregnancy brought about her son Ryan’s disability. It started with a bad pregnancy I had a pretty rough pregnancy, feeling tired 24/7 and with sickness throughout. I just thought I was one of the unlucky people who have a bad pregnancy. I even left my job as an auxiliary nurse at…
Posted in Special Needs Tagged Case study, Cytomegalovirus, depression, Disability, Pregnancy, special needs Leave a comment
Cystic fibrosis – How it feels
I am often asked to describe the experience of raising a child with a disability – to try to help people who have not shared that unique experience to understand it, to imagine how it would feel. It’s like this … Welcome to Holland When you’re going to have a baby, it’s like planning a fabulous vacation trip…
Posted in Special Needs Tagged cystic fybrosis, diagnosis, Disability, Emotions, special needs, support, Welcome to Holland Leave a comment
Congenital heart disease
What is it? Congenital heart disease is a general term that is used to refer to a group of different heart abnormalities that a baby can be born with. The different abnormalities have different effects, but the kind of problems that they can lead to include a slow growth rate, difficulties with feeding and an abnormal breathing pattern.…
Posted in Baby Health, Special Needs Tagged abnormality, Baby, Congenital heart defect, genetic, Heart, operation, scan, signs and symptoms, special needs Leave a comment
Living with Cystic Fibrosis
Mother of three Clare Thomas, whose son Jordan suffers from cystic fibrosis, says that special children are sent to special parents. How we found out Jordan was diagnosed with Cystic Fibrosis at five-and-a-half weeks, after failing to thrive. He had to have three sweat tests (which are used to diagnose Cystic Fibrosis as a Cystic Fibrosis person has…
Autism : real life story
Caroline Northeast says her son Julian’s autism is what makes him such a special person. Julian was diagnosed on the 7 June 2004 with mild-to-moderate autism. He has the triad of conditions associated with autism but the main component is his lack of understanding and inability to acquire English language. Initially, my husband and I weren’t worried…
Raising a child with autism, asperger’s syndrome and ADHD
Elaine Carey talks about autism and bringing up two boys who lie on the Autistic Spectrum which include Asperger’s syndrome and ADHD. Diagnosing autism for my boys I have three children, two boys and one girl. The two boys lie on the autistic spectrum, which consists of autism, Asperger’s Syndrome, high functioning autism, ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactive…
