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Behavior problems

Ferraina
  • By Ferraina · Posted November 11, 2009
  • Discussion in Raising a child with a developmental disability · 0 replies
  • Has anyone had their mentally challenged son or daughter on drugs for behaviors that has worked well. I have a 45 year old son that has behaviors out of control. Presently he is being weaned off clozaril ...

Seeing Improvement

AmyLee
  • By AmyLee · Posted October 13, 2009
  • Journal · 1 reply
  • Well, we have been at the pre-school for 3 weeks now and seeing some great improvement! (other than the fact we are home sick today with a fever :( Love those classroom germs). He counts now 1-10. He ...

My Little Miracle

Scorpio28
  • By Scorpio28 · Posted October 5, 2009
  • Journal · 0 replies
  • My son is four years old and when I say hes come a long way he has a come a long way! He's my miracle baby! When he was first born he almost died and wasn't that painful it was painful watching your child ...

Scheduled maintenance this evening

TeamInspire
  • By TeamInspire · Posted August 10, 2009
  • Journal · 13 replies
  • All, Inspire will be performing database updates this evening starting at 8:00 Eastern. We expect the updates to take no more than 2 hours and the site will be unavailable at this time. We thank you for ...

Again its' been a while since I last posted

CanadaNuse
  • By CanadaNuse · Posted July 4, 2009
  • Journal · 0 replies
  • A lot has happened since we last posted. Current Up date from NIH isn't going to be clear cut and to the point. All it say's that my daughter Ashley case is more complex then they thought! Yesterday July ...

Share your story via video!

TeamInspire
  • By TeamInspire · Posted June 15, 2009
  • Journal · 28 replies
  • Sometimes the most powerful message each of us can share is our personal story -- our own experience. With upcoming healthcare legislation pending, one way we can be advocates is to share these stories ...

4th Biennial Down Syndrome Research & Awareness Conference 2009

KristyColvin
  • By KristyColvin · Posted June 13, 2009
  • Discussion in In the news · 0 replies
  • Parents of children with Down syndrome (DS) are universally concerned about the wellbeing of their child’s health, development, future, and connecting with other DS families. The Down Syndrome Association ...

Follow Inspire on Twitter and Facebook!

TeamInspire
  • By TeamInspire · Posted June 10, 2009
  • Journal · 32 replies
  • We're happy to announce that you can now stay in touch with what's happening at Inspire by following us on both Twitter and Facebook. While Inspire communities are still the best places to connect with ...

Guestbooks are now live!

TeamInspire
  • By TeamInspire · Posted May 26, 2009
  • Journal · 6 replies
  • Hello everyone, Last week we mentioned that we'd be adding guestbooks to Inspire in the near future, and they are now live! We're very excited about this feature and hope you enjoy it. To check out your ...

Guestbooks - An exciting addition to Inspire

TeamInspire
  • By TeamInspire · Posted May 20, 2009
  • Journal · 35 replies
  • Hello everyone, We're writing to let you know about a great new feature we'll be adding to Inspire in the very near future: guestbooks. This is a feature that many of you have requested, and we're very ...

Moms, you rock!

TeamInspire
  • By TeamInspire · Posted May 1, 2009
  • Journal · 0 replies
  • Looking for a unique and extraordinary way to say "thank you" to your mom? In honor of Mother's Day, good friend of Inspire Dr. Gwenn (of http://www.PediatricsNow.com and http://www.DrGwennIsIn.com) will ...

development delays- are they permanant

bexstar
  • By bexstar · Posted April 4, 2009
  • Discussion in Raising a child with a developmental disability · 2 replies
  • my son is almost 5 years old, he was diagnosed with global development delays last year he is currantly working at a 2 half year old level. he is just about out of nappy during the day and his speech ...

Update

luvjaynfrog
  • By luvjaynfrog · Posted March 9, 2009
  • Journal · 1 reply
  • David and Jimmy are now 2 and a half and will be celebrating their 3rd birthday on aug.10..... You could never tell anything was ever wrong with them. I knew god had a plan im just glad it was this one ...

Developmental Disabilities, adult years

Zetkin
  • By Zetkin · Posted January 24, 2009
  • Discussion in Raising a child with a developmental disability · 2 replies
  • Our daughter is 23 years old and has recently begun to receive Regional Center Services in California. She has been in the mental health system for the last 7 years and has lived in residential schools ...

It's been a while since I last posted

CanadaNuse
  • By CanadaNuse · Posted December 22, 2008
  • Journal · 2 replies
  • Well the year is soon to come to the end, and new year will bring us hope joy, and laughter. We have a lot of things to due before June 2009, that's when Provincial Summer Games are being held in St ...

Feeling more lost then ever! with medical and education

CanadaNuse
  • By CanadaNuse · Posted November 17, 2008
  • Journal · 3 replies
  • A lot has been happening on the home front. Ash's medical team including mental health are changing her dosage of medications, times given etc. In hopes that the current combination of medications will ...

Its been a while since I last posted!

CanadaNuse
  • By CanadaNuse · Posted August 21, 2008
  • Journal · 2 replies
  • There has been alot going on, since our last post, and honestly I don't know where to start. We had over TEN doctor visits and still not closer to anything. But we keep on getting more clinical DX for ...

Welcome from TeamInspire!

TeamInspire
  • By TeamInspire · Posted March 13, 2008
  • Journal · 35 replies
  • Hello, old friends and new. Today is a big day for us! We have made numerous improvements to your community, most that were suggestions from you. As you can see the site is very different then before ...

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