Tag: special needs
REVIEW – Pictello Talking Photo Album Creation App
My youngest son has Down Syndrome and severe speech delays. There are many times he cannot make himself understood, and others that only his father and I can understand him. Because he can’t always communicate effectively, he gets frustrated at times, understandably so. I’ve often felt most sympathetic for him at times like when he [...]
Heads Up On New SafetyTat Designs For National Safety Month And Giveaway
Back in January I did a SafetyTat review on Val’s Views. SafetyTats are colorful kids temporary safety tattoos. I found them to be a terrific, valuable and useful product for any family with children, especially families with special needs children. Safety Tats waterproof temporary tattoos for children. They can be ordered with your phone number [...]
An Apology Isn’t Enough
FYI – This was an original post to the New Jersey Moms Blog, which is no longer live. It was published on 03/22/09. The link to it is/was http://svmomblog.typepad.com/new_jersey_moms_blog/2009/03/the-problem-with-apologies-pic-sent.html. If you put the link into the wayback machine you can read the comments as well. Prior to the election I was never completely bowled over [...]
World Down Syndrome Day
In a day where people use the word retarded all too easily it is obvious that our society could benefit from more advocacy, education and positive exposure of special needs. To that end, today – World Down Syndrome Day – I would like to tell you about my nine year old son, who has Down [...]
With inclusion, All Kids Can
You might or might not know that my youngest CJ has Down Syndrome, heart disease, Celiac disease, Alopecia areata, orthopedic problems, learning disabilities, severe speech delays and a hearing problem. Some would say he’s disabled, I prefer the terms differently abled and special needs. No matter what you call it, we as a society have [...]
A special baseball game at Yankee Stadium
I found a terrific story this week that I want to share. Recently the Bronx NY Little League Challenger baseball team and the New Jersey District 8 Challenger baseball team from Newark got a once in a life time opportunity. They were given the chance to play an exhibition game in Yankee Stadium during MLB [...]
Best Day offers special needs kids an opportunity to have their best day
Time to Share Some Good Stuff! The good news that I found this week and want to share is taking place in Sea Bright, NJ which is not far from me, about a half an hour away. The nonprofit organization called the Best Day Foundation has announced that it is holding a two day beach [...]
Training wheels question
CJ is going to be nine in a month. He’s very small for his age, he’s only in size 6 clothes. He got a bike last year, a little two wheeler Thomas The Train bike with training wheels. He whips around on this thing like you wouldn’t believe. He’s gotten really good at riding it. [...]
You never know who you’re standing next to.
I received this yesterday. I had one of these type of moments with a thoughtless person a few years ago, and I reacted very badly. My son has Down Syndrome not Autism, but I totally get it. I’ve come a way since then. THE LITTLE BUS Carolyn Curran I never knew anyone disabled until my [...]
