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Help for you and your child's life
Discuss creating a fully accessible environment for your child.
Play group for kids with difference in or around Tallahassee
- By Judemom · New reply November 5, 2009
- 1 reply
- Hi there. I just joined this group and I'm so thrilled to see all you out here willing to share your challenges. I had no idea such spaces existed and this is such a huge relief to me. So I'm wondering ...
Sometimes I get so TIRED........
- By MAJECAL · New reply November 4, 2009
- 5 replies
- Does anyone ever just feel so tired???? I just feel like I am constantly in a battle with my 5 year old (He will be 6 in 2 weeks).... I don't know if it's just his age or if he does it just because I'm ...
Looking for blogs about family life and technology
- By RandiS · New reply October 29, 2009
- 1 reply
- I'm starting a list of blogs related to families like ours who use assistive technology and augmentative communication with their kids. I would like to share this on my new blog about family life with ...
New Assistive Technology Ideas
- By LindsRenae · New reply October 23, 2009
- 8 replies
- I am currently a college student in Arkansas. We are working on creating a business which creates products to promote independence in children with motor disabilities - specifically cerebral palsy. I ...
Deaf kids with cohlear implant
- By yelena · Posted September 30, 2009
- 0 replies
- Please join me , if you have any question re deaffness, cochlear implant I will be happy to share my story with you ...
CP Emotional Roller Coaster
- By holland4me · New reply September 29, 2009
- 6 replies
- My 2-year old son has CP and even though I receive incredible support from our local Early Steps program, it wasn't until I read this little story that I realized I wasn't alone. And neither are you ...
Official Launch of the My Child Without Limits Website
- By UCPinfo · Posted September 23, 2009
- 0 replies
- Today we officially launched the My Child Website. Please go to www.mychildwithoutlimits.org and check it out. We will continue to update and expand the site so check back often ...
Coping with sadness as the years go on
- By littlelizard · New reply September 22, 2009
- 16 replies
- 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 ...
Dealing with the emotions of CP
- By JMLMommy · New reply September 22, 2009
- 20 replies
- I have a 5yr old son who has CP, and at first i would try and pretend like everything would be okay, and that he would grow out of it and would run and jump and all that good stuff. Yet, as the years ...
School choices
- By screen · Posted September 16, 2009
- 0 replies
- My 9 yr old daughter has mild cp. She walks with a walker and her legs are affected most. She is delayed at school. She repeated kindergarten and has learning support 1/2 day and reg class the other half ...
mild Cerebral palsy
- By Karlenep · New reply September 11, 2009
- 11 replies
- In June 08 I had twins and mine were 38 weeks scheduled c-section. Everything went great until the second day in the hospital when the lactaid nurse noticed Ethan's (Baby A) hand moving in a repetative ...
Documentary "Including Samuel" Coming to PBS this Fall
- By UCPinfo · New reply September 10, 2009
- 3 replies
- Before his son Samuel was diagnosed with cerebral palsy, photojournalist Dan Habib rarely thought about the inclusion of people with disabilities. Now he thinks about inclusion every day. Shot and produced ...
AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER
- By zittlesmom · Posted September 10, 2009
- 0 replies
- I HAVE A 4 YEAR OLD WHO HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH AUISM SPEC DIS. HE GOES TO DAYCARE AND HAS A T.S.S. I AM HAVING A HARD TIME TRYING TO GET HIM TO USE THE BATHROOM AND HIS BROTHER IS 2.05 HE GOES ON THE ...
My 5 Yeard old is starting kindergarten with CP!
- By mayej25 · New reply September 8, 2009
- 4 replies
- Hi there, This is my first post to a website regarding CP. I have never talked to any other parent that is dealing with a child with cp before. Reading your blogs, it is nice to see other parents giving ...
Where to Find clothes for preemies
- By AvaBaby · New reply September 6, 2009
- 3 replies
- Hi, my name is Rebecca and I was told by the staff to come here and post while waiting for a possible link in your resources. So hope I am in the right place I am the grandmother of 2 preemies, on born ...
Financial issues???
- By littlelizard · New reply September 6, 2009
- 7 replies
- Hi guys, I guess I am just hoping to find out that I am not alone with having a lot of financial issues due to my child's medical issues. As a background - we make enough to not qualify for government ...
Potty training for my 5 year old with CP
- By copperhair · New reply September 6, 2009
- 2 replies
- My 5 year old, who has "mild" cp (cannot walk, but crawls in a draggy sort of way), is a super bright, funny, charming child. He refuses, however, to use the potty on a regular basis. We've tried charts ...
Finding comfort...
- By Lovingourlife · New reply September 1, 2009
- 2 replies
- I'm kind of new to this site and check it every now and then. But this morning I decided to read through some of the discussions, and I can't stop crying. I'm finding such comfort in all of your stories ...
Communication
- By GrammsT · New reply September 1, 2009
- 4 replies
- I have an 11 year old grandson with cerebral palsy who can't say any more words that "yeah" on a consistant basis. Therefore a lot of people discount him and treat him like he like he isn't there. They ...
CP and the school system
- By annewear · New reply August 5, 2009
- 9 replies
- My son is currently classified in the school system as developmentally delayed. He just turned 5. We are holding him back in pre-K for another year. His neurologist says she feels he has hypotonic cerebral ...
