Special Needs Blog Week in Review – Week of April 29 – May 5, 2012

Every week, the Special Needs Blog Week in Review gives you a brief review of each and every blog that appeared here in the past seven days. This is a quick and easy way to catch up on whatever you might have wanted to read, but didn’t have the time to when the blog first went up. What did you miss this week? The Special Needs Podcast Roundup went up on April 30, 2012. This time, I’d like to point out an episode of The Coffee Klatch that was called “Dr. Temple Grandin – Different Not Less”. This is Dr. … Continue reading

Allergy Awareness Bracelets for Children

Food allergies can be scary. This is especially true for parents of small children who have allergies. At home, you can control what he or she eats, to avoid allergic reactions. But, what about if your child is at day care, or visiting a relative? There are plenty of allergy bracelets that are designed for children. Adults who have food allergies are able to read the ingredients on the packages of food that they are considering eating. If it isn’t safe for them to eat, then an adult will understand the reason why they have to put that tasty looking … Continue reading

Tommy Hilfiger Creates Adaptive Clothes for Kids with Disabilities

Tommy Hilfiger makes clothing that is fashionable and still retains a classic look. It’s the clothing that the “cool kids” (or “cool adults”) wear. A new line of Tommy Hilfiger adaptive clothing means that kids who have disabilities can look just as cool as their classmates do. The Tommy Hilfiger blog has a brief explanation of why the company created an adaptive clothing line. “Because every kid deserves a great pair of jeans”, it says. The same blog post points out that there are 73 million children in the United States of America, and that one in twenty live with … Continue reading