NEWS, VIDEOS, MAGAZINES & BOOKS
ON-LINE NEWS
Sam becomes a man, and one of the boys
February 25, 2010
| Jeffrey and Claudia Frankel want for their son Sam what all parents want -- that he have a valued place in the community. Sam has Down’s Syndrome, with major difficulties learning and communicating, so they weren’t sure how that goal would be realized. This past weekend, they got their answer, as Sam, who turned 13 on Feb. 20, celebrated becoming a bar mitzvah at Temple Emanu-El in Westfield, New Jersey, where they live. Sam’s achievement came in three episodes. |
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Disability Scoop is the first and only nationally focused online news organization serving the developmental disability community including autism, cerebral palsy, Down syndrome, fragile X and mental retardation, among others.
Five days each week Disability Scoop sifts through the clutter to provide a central, reliable source of news, information and resources. Plus, Disability Scoop is the only place to find original content and series like “Scoop Essentials” that take an in-depth look at what lies beyond the day’s headlines.
Launched in 2008, Disability Scoop is the premier source for developmental disability news.
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Lancet Retracts Controversial 1998 Study Linking Autism and Vaccines
A Bad Rap for Vaccines The British Medical Journal Lancet has retracted a controversial 1998 paper linking childhood MMR vaccines to autism disorders, but a decade of anti-vaccine sentiment has cast a suspicion over routine inoculations that is harder to reverse.
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April 2, 2010
Puppy watches over children with autism
- Autism affects one of every 110 children, according to the Centers for Disease Control.
- The Georgia K9 National Training Center starts training puppies at 8 weeks old.
- Dog trainer says starting with a young dog allows for early bonding between family and dog.
April 1, 2010
10 sites worth checking out if your child has autism
Many parents of children with autism turn to the Internet for answers. To mark World Autism Awareness Day on April 2, the Empowered Patient shares 10 great links for autism education and resources.
VIDEOS
From a boy who was told he would never walk again to a man who left his footprint across the entire sport of golf
This video is about a kid, D.J. Gregory, with cerebral palsy, whose parents are told he would never walk; and who, for the 2008 PGA golf tour walked every hole on every course at every tournament. It is really something.
If you play Golf you should watch this video......
If you don't play Golf, you should watch this video
If you ever had a dream you should watch this video...........
If you have never had a dream, you should watch this video.........
You will be richer for watching.....
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NEWSPAPERS
February 25, 2010
Do Toxins Cause Autism?
By Nicholas D. Kristof
Autism was first identified in 1943 in an obscure medical journal. Since then it has become a frighteningly common affliction, with the Centers for Disease Control reporting recently that autism disorders now affect almost 1 percent of children.
About.com is an online neighborhood of hundreds of helpful experts, eager to share their wealth of knowledge with visitors.
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MAGAZINES
Exceptional Parent - Information and Support for the Special Needs Community
EP Global Communications is a 38-year-old, award-winning publishing and communications company. EP provides practical advice and the most up-to-date educational information for families of children and adults with disabilities and special healthcare needs as well as to the physicians, allied health care professional, and educational professionals who are involved in their care and development.
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Literary Mama, an online literary magazine, features writing by mother writers about the complexities and many faces of motherhood. They publish fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, literary criticism, book reviews, columns, and profiles about mother writers.
Literary Mama features mama-centric writing with fresh voices, superior craft, and vivid imagery. They are a home for beautiful poetry, fiction and creative non-fiction that may be too long, too complex, too ambiguous, too deep, too raw, too irreverent, too ironic, and too body conscious for other publications. While plenty of other online literary magazines and journals publish writing like this, none devote themselves exclusively to writing about motherhood. And while there are other motherhood-centered sites that publish some fantastic writing, they tend to stick to shorter, non-fiction pieces. At Literary Mama, writers explore ideas and emotions that may be outside the usual scope of commercial writing.
Literary Mama is also a resource and outlet for the academic literary community. They provide literary criticism, book reviews, and author profiles. New courses focusing on motherhood and literature are cropping up at universities across the United States, and Literary Mama wants to encourage this trend by providing professors with the information they need.
They are a site for writers, not just mothers. At Literary Mama, craft is just as important as theme or message. Writers may need and want to write for the commercial market, but they also may need and want to write for themselves.
Vicki Forman wrote a series of highly moving articles about her experiences as the mother of a severely disabled child. They can be found at http://www.literarymama.com/columns/specialneedsmama/.
Vicki is one of Literary Mama’s contributors teaches creative writing at the University of Southern California. Her work has been nominated for a Pushcart and has appeared in the Seneca Review and the Santa Monica Review, as well as the anthologies, Love You to Pieces: Creative Writers on Raising a Child With Special Needs, This Day: Dairies From American Women, The Spirit of Pregnancy and Literary Mama: Reading for the Maternally Inclined.
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Spectrum Magazine - for the Autism & Developmentally Disabled Community
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BOOKS
From Anat Baniel Method “A Proven Method for Lifetime Fitness & Vitality, Natural Pain Relief
and Transforming the Lives of Special Needs Children
Wake up your brain & create remarkable new possibilities:
physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually with the Anat Baniel Method.”
The book is available at our Special Kids Place Store.
THE NEW YORK TIMES book review states:
“The power of positive thinking finally gains scientific credibility. Mind bending, miracle-making, reality-busting stuff...with implications for all human beings, not to mention human culture, human learning and human history.”
The book is available at our Special Kids Place Store.
The Special Needs Child and Divorce: A Practical Guide to Evaluating and Handling Cases
By Margaret ‘Pegi’ Price
“The Special Needs Child and Divorce” takes a practical look at what special needs are, how they are relevant in the arena of divorce, and what lawyers can do to make the system work better for these children and their families. This book is not available from Special Kids Place Store, but can be purchased from the American Bar Association.
“What To Do About Your Brain-Injured Child” is available at Special Kids Place Store. See Blog on Colin’s vision therapy.
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