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Learn about a wide array of topics included but not limited to: developmental milestones, developmental disabilities, motor disability, autism, intellectual disability, down syndrome, cerebral palsy, spina bifida and seizure disorder.

Anyone with Apraxia info...?

mommyofayden
  • By mommyofayden · New reply November 23, 2009
  • 2 replies
  • My son has been diagnosed with verbal apraxia? Anyone have any info on apraxia or treatment methods or perhaps know of any support groups? Also, after reading some of the posts on CP, how might I know ...

Updated Flu Resources Related to Children with Special Needs

UCPinfo
  • By UCPinfo · New reply November 23, 2009
  • 2 replies
  • Here are great new resources on H1N1 for children and adults with disabilities from the US Department of Health and Human Services, Office on Disability and the Centers for Disease Control. Persons with ...

my 8 month old

kenjdn422
  • By kenjdn422 · New reply November 21, 2009
  • 11 replies
  • My son is 8 months old, and when he was 3 months old he was put into the hospital at the hands of his father. So now being a young mother i am faced with a huge changelle of raising a child with spiecal ...

Hello

nettmanti
  • By nettmanti · New reply November 21, 2009
  • 3 replies
  • Hi everyone. I am new here. My youngest daughter who is 3 has cerebral palsy. She was one of identical twins and when we lost her sister Chloe at 26 weeks the doctors never told us there would be a chance ...

New materials from UCP of Greater Birmingham's Early Intervention Conf.

UCPinfo
  • By UCPinfo · Posted November 20, 2009
  • 0 replies
  • MCWL Partner UCP of Greater Birmingham recently held their annual early intervention and preschoool conference. Several presenations are available for download at: http://www.ucpconference.org ...

New Content on the My Child Wihtout Limits Website. Check it out!

UCPinfo
  • By UCPinfo · Posted November 18, 2009
  • 0 replies
  • We have updated the Developmental Delay and Spina Bifida sections: http://www.mychildwithoutlimits.org/?pag e=developmental-delay http://www.mychildwithoutlimits.org/?pag e=spina-bifida ...

Let him reach for the star

Terryw
  • By Terryw · Posted November 11, 2009
  • 0 replies
  • Darien was diagnosis with PVL (Periventricular Leukomlacia) or Cerebral Palsy, as it is commonly known. He is a busy little fellow. He is on the go five days a week attending physical, occupational, speech ...

Anyone maintain a blog about children with disabilities?

UCPinfo
  • By UCPinfo · New reply October 23, 2009
  • 13 replies
  • 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 ...

Diagnosis

AmyC
  • By AmyC · Posted October 20, 2009
  • 0 replies
  • This is great post to read. I have copied it from a blog located at http://www.disableddaughter.com/?p=808&c page=1#comment-350. It has links to some of the stuff references in this post. Diagnosis ...

CP and stem cells

aruna0920
  • By aruna0920 · New reply October 15, 2009
  • 4 replies
  • My son was born at 23 weeks and wt 1.4 oz. He was diagnose with PVL and later with Quad spastic CP. At one point when he was in the NICU a neurlogist told us that he would be in a vegative state and to ...

Newly diagnosed CP

momofcoop
  • By momofcoop · New reply October 11, 2009
  • 8 replies
  • 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 ...

Including Samuel: Free Toolkits for Nationwide Broadcasts

UCPinfo
  • By UCPinfo · Posted October 8, 2009
  • 0 replies
  • Download a free screening toolkit and viewig guide for this most wonderful documentary. http://www.includingsamuel.com/home.aspx ...

Anyone out there with Hereditary Spastic Paraparesis???

boxxbanter
  • By boxxbanter · Posted October 8, 2009
  • 0 replies
  • I have two daughters, ages 11 and 13 who had previously been diagnosed with CP. Recently we had a genetic test done that indicated a DNA variation related to Hereditary Spastic Paraparesis. I'm looking ...

New Film Spotlights Potential Misuse of Autism Diagnosis

UCPinfo
  • By UCPinfo · Posted October 7, 2009
  • 0 replies
  • A new documentary suggests that the rising number of autism diagnoses does not actually represent an increase in the number of kids who have the developmental disorder. Rather, the filmmakers say that ...

child born with downs

carterdane
  • By carterdane · New reply September 21, 2009
  • 5 replies
  • Just found out on Friday that are 2wk old son Carter has tested positive for down syndrome . We are parents of 3 other healthy boys 19,11, and one, so this is a huge transition for our family and we were ...

Questions on a almost 8 month old delay development

bobnshare
  • By bobnshare · New reply September 16, 2009
  • 11 replies
  • I was just goggling around on mild CP, and came upon this site. My grand daughter has some of the symptoms of CP. She is almost 8 months old, just started to roll over at 7 months and she is almost sitting ...

Check out the new Welcome Message from Actor William H Macy

UCPinfo
  • By UCPinfo · Posted September 1, 2009
  • 0 replies
  • Be the first to preview a new message from actor and UCP supporter William H Macy on the My Child Without Limits homepage: http://www.mychildwithoutlimits.org/?pag e=home ...

New Fact Sheets Added

lphickman
  • By lphickman · New reply August 13, 2009
  • 1 reply
  • My Child Without Limits has partnered with the CDC to provide fact sheets of developmental milestones. Click here then on more information for a printable PDF http://www.mychildwithoutlimits.org/?pag ...

Ohio Mom Intro

WuzieB
  • By WuzieB · Posted May 26, 2009
  • 0 replies
  • Hi everyone. I'm Susan, a central Ohio mom with a little girl who has down syndrome, a heart defect, epilepsy and celiac disease. She's our little doll, and our biggest blessing in life. I'm looking forward ...

I'm new

HopeC
  • By HopeC · Posted May 23, 2009
  • 0 replies
  • My name is Hope, Mommy to Dakota (9), Christian(4) and Ava(13 mths). Ava is my special needs baby. She has multiple issues, including laryngomalacia, tracheomalacia, seizures, dev delays, breath holding ...

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