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Special Needs Podcast Roundup – Week of June 11, 2012

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Once a week, the Special Needs Podcast Roundup brings you brand new episodes of podcasts that talk about topics that are relevant to parents of children who have special needs. The subjects could be about autism, allergies, special education, and more! The Coffee Klatch released a new episode on June 10, 2012. This episode is called “Best of Coffee Klatch – Dr Allen Frances – The DSMV”. This episode features Dr. Allen Frances. He is the Chair of the DSM-IV Task Force. He returns to the Coffee Klatch to talk about concerns over the soon to be released DSMV. There … Continue reading →

Special Needs Blog Week in Review – June 3-9, 2012

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Each week, the Special Needs Blog Week in Review gives you a quick summary of all of the blogs that appeared here in the past week. This gives you an easy way to find the blogs that you missed, or that you didn’t have time to read when they first went up. The Special Needs Podcast Roundup went up on June 4, 2012. This week, I’d like to point out an episode of The Coffee Klatch. The episode is called “Best of The Coffee Klatch – Dr. Russell Barkley – ADHD” This episode features information from Russell A. Barkley, PhD., … Continue reading →

It’s Time for the Special Olympics Summer Games!

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Summer time comes with many wonderful things. The weather gets nice and warm. Many families are able to go on a vacation. It is a time to relax. It is also when the Special Olympics Summer Games happens! Special Olympics of Southern California will hold their games this weekend. The Special Olympics Summer Games happen in June of every year. Children, (and adults), who have an intellectual or physical disability are able to participate in athletic competitions. The Special Olympics includes a fun and welcoming environment filled with people who understand and support the athletes. In order to participate, a … Continue reading →

Help P&G Support the Special Olympics

Procter & Gamble is expecting to raise $500,000 in support of the Special Olympics. You can help, by doing simple things like using coupons from a special booklet, or by clicking “like” on the P&G Facebook page. It is great when big companies make an effort to raise money for a good cause! P&G makes many of your favorite brands like Duracell, Pringles, Puffs, Tide, Downy, and Pampers. The company’s purpose is to “provide branded products and services of superior quality and value that improve the lives of the world’s consumers, now and for generations to come.” This is a … Continue reading →

Special Olympics Summer Games

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The Special Olympics Summer Games will be taking place in June of 2011. It is a wonderful opportunity for children, (and adults), with intellectual or physical disabilities to participate, compete, and have fun in an environment filled with people who understand and support them. Your child could be an athlete. In order to be an athlete in Special Olympics, a person must be at least eight years old. There isn’t an upward age limit, which means that the Special Olympics is open to both children and adults. In order to be eligible, athletes must have a cognitive delay, an intellectual … Continue reading →

China’s Most Popular Export Milking the Olympics

You don’t need to have in-depth knowledge about China to know how much actor Jackie Chan means to the country. Chan and basketball superstar Yao Ming are China’s golden boys and its most popular exports (along with Mu Shu Pork). Right now all eyes are on Beijing as the Summer Olympic Games enter week two and no surprise, Chan is in the middle of all the action. The Chinese government recruited the movie star as an Olympic ambassador and he has been busy promoting the Chinese culture at various sporting events. “The Forbidden Kingdom” star was also given the honor … Continue reading →

New York Lights the Way for the Summer Olympics

New York is sizzling hot… with Olympic fever. Despite the fact that the Summer Games are taking place a half a world away (and technically the Opening Ceremonies are already over), beginning tonight New York’s Empire State Building will pay tribute to the Olympics by illuminating the four sides of the famed tower with the colors of countries’ flags. For the next 16 nights, the world’s most famous building (well, one of them anyway) will honor the top 66 countries (based on the number of athletes on each national team) using colored plastic gels over 182 floodlights. Tonight, the north … Continue reading →

Catch the Olympic Spirit

Let the games begin! In just a few hours London will try to impress the world when it hosts the Opening Ceremony of the 2012 Summer Olympics. From now through August 12th more than 10,500 athletes from 204 nations will compete in 26 sports, including swimming, diving, gymnastics, wrestling, track and field, boxing and tennis. Two weeks later, the Paralympic Games will turn the spotlight on 4,200 athletes with disabilities. To get your family into the spirit of the 2012 London Games, especially young children, who will likely be inspired by the pomp, circumstance and amazing athleticism, take some time … Continue reading →

European Adventures

If you haven’t already booked your summer flight to London to witness sports history unfold before your eyes, you may be out of luck. According to travel experts, despite fares increasing nearly 20 percent over last year, flights to England are being snatched up by travelers attending the 2012 Summer Olympic Games, which run July 27 to August 12. The U.S. Commerce Department’s Office of Travel and Tourism Industries’ website notes that nearly 13 million Americans visited Europe in 2009. That number is estimated to increase by at least 35 percent in 2012 thanks to the Olympics and the Diamond … Continue reading →

Frugal Living Month in Review: August 2008

With August passed, it will be hard to hold on to summer, but fortunately, we have a lot of memories of the “dog days.” We also have lots of great articles about saving money, something that is pretty important these days. Take a look at what was posted in August. August 1st Frugal Living Month in Review: July 2008 July went by so quickly for us! There were so many fun and frugal activities and events for us to explore, from a science camp to free movies and sand sculpting. I hope your July was equally fun and frugal. Summer … Continue reading →