Specialneedmom2
I am a Special Education teacher who blogs about my super-powered special needs family. My 3 year old has Prader-Willi Syndrome and my 5 year old has Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy and Sensory Processing Disorder. The odds of these random genetic events occurring at the same time are astronomical. When you add our typically developing one year old baby boy to the mix, you have a very busy household!
Our lives have too many appointments, too many school problems, and are generally too busy as we try to live life to the fullest.
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halfpastnormal
http://halfpastnormal.wordpress.com/
I am a Special Education teacher who blogs about my super-powered special needs family. My 3 year old has Prader-Willi Syndrome and my 5 year old has Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy and Sensory Processing Disorder. The odds of these random genetic events occurring at the same time are astronomical. When you add our typically developing one year old baby boy to the mix, you have a very busy household!
Our lives have too many appointments, too many school problems, and are generally too busy as we try to live life to the fullest.
LATEST ARTICLES ( 133 )
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Call off the Hounds!
image from GoogleAn open letter to the hounds…No, not those hounds. (Although I do have a couple dogs of my own.)Recently I’ve been feeling hounded by people... Read more
Posted on 21 December 2012 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, PARENTING -
Car Ride: A Story with a Lesson
One beautiful summer day our family went for a car ride. We drove and drove and drove.We drove past beautiful scenery. There was no one else around, for... Read more
Posted on 19 December 2012 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, PARENTING -
Amazing Grace, Again
Little Miss Adorable at the BeachLittle Miss Adorable’s middle name is Grace. We couldn’t have picked a better name had we known what we would face and who... Read more
Posted on 17 December 2012 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, PARENTING -
Silence
I am a school teacher. I have three children of my own, one in kindergarten. I have been in several different lock-downs, where all students are locked into... Read more
Posted on 16 December 2012 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, PARENTING -
Fun Times and Help for Out-of-Sync Kids – In-Sync Activity Cards
I am very excited to have partnered with Future Horizons, Inc. and Sensory World, leaders in providing information and resources about Sensory Processing... Read more
Posted on 14 December 2012 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, PARENTING -
Tea, Misery and My Just Desserts
image from http://jamieonline.wordpress.com/2011/03/16/a-nice-cup-of-tea/I feel like lousy.My knees are killing. My elbows and hands ache. My feet hurt (I am... Read more
Posted on 13 December 2012 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, PARENTING -
Baby Boys
Before I had children I dreamed of a sweet gender neutral nursery decorated in shades of green, yellow and cream. I truly believed ‘gender role socialisation’... Read more
Posted on 10 December 2012 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, PARENTING -
Time
Someone recently asked me, “What do you view as the challenges of raising a child in today’s world?”My original answer follows below:Being too busy. Work-life... Read more
Posted on 07 December 2012 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, PARENTING -
Little Miss Adorable Update
On Friday night we left the hospital and the good news was that Little Miss A did not have a fracture anywhere in her arm. The bad news was she was in pain... Read more
Posted on 04 December 2012 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, PARENTING -
I Am Sorry But..,
Posted on 01 December 2012 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, PARENTING -
Boots and Hearts
This is one of the first times that I can’t come up with a quick, snappy title for a post. So I stole a line from Canadian band, the Tragically Hip. And I’m... Read more
Posted on 30 November 2012 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, PARENTING -
Medical Stuff
Little Miss Adorable wired for a sleep studySometimes stuff is just stuff. And sometimes stuff takes over your life. For a family with special needs, medical... Read more
Posted on 26 November 2012 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, PARENTING -
Little Miss Adorable and the Purse Gene
Little Miss AdorableYou may recall my post about my purse fetish/passion and the contents of my purse. Little Miss Adorable is a skillful mimic. She is a tiny... Read more
Posted on 22 November 2012 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, PARENTING