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Special Needs Blog Week in Review – Week of February 12 – 18, 2012

The Special Needs Blog Week in Review is a great way to quickly catch up on everything that appeared in the Special Needs Blog in the past week. It is a good way to make sure that you haven’t missed anything. You can scan through this list to search for blogs about whatever particular special needs your child happens to have. The Special Needs Podcast Roundup for the week went up on February 13, 2012. I would like to point out an episode done by The Coffee Klatch that is titled “NY Times Op Ed Gone Wrong – Ritalin Gone … Continue reading →

Mother Fights for Autistic Son to Have Heart Transplant

A mom who lives in Pennsylvania is fighting to convince doctors to put her son on the transplant list. He needs a new heart. The mother claims that the doctors are against the idea of doing the transplant because her son has autism, (and other issues). Parents of kids who have special needs often find themselves doing a lot of parenting long after the child chronologically reaches the age they legally become an adult. Such is the case with Karen Corby, a mother from Pennsylvania, who is trying very hard to get doctors to give her son a heart transplant. … Continue reading →