Recent Special Needs Blog Posts

Acupuncture Could Help Alleviate ADHD Symptoms

by Jen Thorpe

Acupuncture has been used to relieve pain, to alleviate allergy symptoms, and to help with a variety of other health issues. Some have found that acupuncture helps children who have ADHD, by reducing some of their symptoms.

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Brockovich Investigates Mystery Illness

by Jen Thorpe

26 Jan 2012 11:20 PM

Teenagers in LeRoy, New York, have become stricken with an illness that has not been entirely explained. A doctor is calling it a "conversion disorder", but the teens, and their parents, do not feel that this is correct. Environmental activist Erin Brockovich is now investigating the situation.

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Woman Fuses Glass to Raise Money for Autism

by Jen Thorpe

25 Jan 2012 09:17 PM

An artist in California is doing something really unique that raises money for autism. What started out as a simple selection of a shape to create with fused glass turned into a design that fits nicely with groups who want to raise awareness of, and funding for, autism research.

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Facebook Can Help People Find a Live Donor

by Jen Thorpe

24 Jan 2012 05:07 PM

Not everyone is a fan of social media websites. However, there are ways to use sites like Facebook, or Twitter, in ways that can help those who require it. People who are in need of a live donor are turning to Facebook as a way to find a kidney.

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Does Your Child Qualify For Special Education

by Tammy Woolard

24 Jan 2012 11:31 AM

When you think of a child in special needs you may think of a child with a specific disability.

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Special Needs Podcast Roundup - Week of January 23, 2012

by Jen Thorpe

23 Jan 2012 10:15 PM

Once a week, the Special Needs Podcast Roundup brings you brand new episode of podcasts that discuss topics that are relevant to parents of children who have special needs. Podcasts can be excellent resources of information.

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Baby Melinda, California's Smallest Preemie, Goes Home

by Jen Thorpe

22 Jan 2012 08:57 PM

Melinda Star Guido, the smallest preemie to have been born in California, has left the hospital. She holds the title of being the third smallest preemie in the entire world. After a long time spent in the NICU, she was finally able to go home with her parents.

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New Definition of Autism Could Exclude Many Who Have It

by Jen Thorpe

21 Jan 2012 10:58 PM

The American Psychiatric Association is getting ready to release a new set of guidelines that will be used to diagnose autism. This new criteria could exclude many people who have Asperger's Syndrome, "high-functioning autism", or P.D.D.-N.O.S.

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Remembering the Boy in the Bubble

by Jen Thorpe

20 Jan 2012 10:00 AM

David Vetter was also known as the "Bubble Boy". He was born with severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID), and had to spend his short life living in a sterile, plastic, "bubble". There have been improvements in treatment for SCID since then.

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Scream Rooms

by Tammy Woolard

19 Jan 2012 09:34 AM

I was just reading another one of our bloggers post on "Scream Rooms" being used in some elementary schools. My son George has epilepsy that causes seizures in the right frontal quarter of his brain.

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