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Guestbooks - An exciting addition to Inspire

TeamInspire
  • By TeamInspire · Posted May 20, 2009
  • Journal · 23 recommendations
  • 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 ...

Follow Inspire on Twitter and Facebook!

TeamInspire
  • By TeamInspire · Posted June 10, 2009
  • Journal · 12 recommendations
  • 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 ...

Inspire members featured

Brian
  • By Brian · Posted October 28, 2009
  • Journal · 10 recommendations
  • Today Massachusetts General Hospital's Proto Magazine published a wonderful profile of nine Inspire members. Each of these stories underscores what we all know to be true -- that Inspire is a special ...

Share your story via video!

TeamInspire
  • By TeamInspire · Posted June 15, 2009
  • Journal · 7 recommendations
  • 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 ...

Moms, you rock!

TeamInspire
  • By TeamInspire · Posted May 1, 2009
  • Journal · 5 recommendations
  • 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 ...

Guestbooks are now live!

TeamInspire
  • By TeamInspire · Posted May 26, 2009
  • Journal · 4 recommendations
  • 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 ...

Our Journey-Small Steps

SMCsMom
  • By SMCsMom · Posted January 29, 2009
  • Journal · 4 recommendations
  • As the Mom and primary caregiver for our now 26 year old son, I think back to the beginning, to my son's birth (31 weeks, 4 surgeries in the NICU over 3 months, diagnosis of CP, quadriplegia, at age 5 ...

Coping with sadness as the years go on

littlelizard
  • By littlelizard · Posted June 12, 2009
  • Discussion in Help for you and your child's life · 3 recommendations
  • Hi I have a 11 year old son with CP. Most of the time I feel positive, like he is doing good considering everything he's been through. He 's not "typical," but I don't expect him to be either. I am happy ...

Newly diagnosed CP

momofcoop
  • By momofcoop · Posted September 27, 2009
  • Discussion in Getting started · 2 recommendations
  • I know the feeling that swallows you whole to learn your child is not what you expected. In the first moments and all of the grieving that goes with it. I have learned lots in my almost 9 years of this ...

It's all about our son

LucasDad
  • By LucasDad · Posted August 6, 2009
  • Journal · 1 recommendation
  • Lucas, our son was born as a twin 5 1/2 yrs ago. They came into the world a bit early at week 28 of pregnancy. His sister Caitlin is absolutely a blessing and is perfectly healthy and beautiful. We knew ...

"Life Without Limits."

dany
  • By dany · Posted July 20, 2009
  • Discussion in Learning and playing · 1 recommendation
  • A friend of mine told me the story of this unbelievable coach , an inspiring story that gave me hope and lifted my spirit and here it is i wanna share it with you.... http://www.ucpeople.org/2008/10/brians-s ...

Our granddaughter

loveslambs
  • By loveslambs · Posted April 30, 2009
  • Journal · 1 recommendation
  • We raised four of our own children and now we have our first granddaughter. She is 18 months old. There have been many challenges with her. Her mama had a heart shaped uterus so she had to come into this ...

Does any one know of activitys for childern with disablitys

dragonfly1980
  • By dragonfly1980 · Posted April 22, 2009
  • Discussion in Learning and playing · 1 recommendation
  • I have a question for any one who may be able to help. My son was born perimee, he had a stroke in the womb. He devloped water on the brain and a mild case of CP. He is almost 10 years old. He is involved ...

Help CP Photographer Tony Knight-- with just 2 clicks!

shootingbeauty
  • By shootingbeauty · Posted March 4, 2009
  • Discussion in Building a support team · 1 recommendation
  • Hello Friends-- Please take a second to visit this site and click the 'pic' button to help photographer Tony Knight-- who has lived with cerebral palsy since he was born with his umbilical cord wrapped ...

Anyone maintain a blog about children with disabilities?

UCPinfo
  • By UCPinfo · Posted February 13, 2009
  • Discussion in Getting started · 1 recommendation
  • Hello, I was wondering if anyone had started a personal blog about their loved one with a disability? If so I would love to add it to a blog list I am putting together ...

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