Blogs about: Intellectual Disability
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Closing In On A Year & Building Trust: 3-12-12
March 30, 2011: In a little more than two weeks it will be a year since the first post on Parenting Adult Special Needs: One Day At A Time. Last week our daughter’s entire team of staff members from A… more →
The Couples Tool Kit
What's the Link Between Paying Family Carer's and the Bill of Rights?
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wrote 5 hours ago: Since I started writing this (and forgot to publish it, oops), the mainstream media have finally wok … more →
Earth Science
wrote 2 days ago: The theme for the Unique Curriculum is earth science this month so we tied our groups to go along wi … more →
Catching up about Tangles
wrote 4 days ago: I’ve learned so much since my first day with the 10-year-old girl I call Tangles, who has atax … more →
Promising Practices in Transition for Predominantly Minority Youth: Results of Multi-Year, Multi-Site Studies
wrote 6 days ago: Attended this webinar this morning (at 3.00am) Presented by Dr. Ellen Fabian, Dr. Paul Gold & Dr … more →
On being a pro-choice special needs mum
wrote 6 days ago: I have a child with special needs as some of you will know. She has Dandy-Walker Syndrome, a rare ne … more →
Reproductive rights of children with intellectual disabilities must be protected
wrote 6 days ago: Mary (not her real name) an 11-year old girl living with Intellectual Disability was defiled by a ne … more →
CARE2 : Sequestration , Red Meat and more
wrote 1 week ago: Turkey Factory Abused Disabled Workers for 20 Years 32 men with … more →
Autism Health Insurance Reform
wrote 2 weeks ago: The following column was written by Autism Society of North Carolina CEO Tracey Sheriff. State lawma … more →
The "R" word, and why it isn't funny
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wrote 2 weeks ago: There’s a story circulating through Florida about a family suing a radio station for altering … more →
Things That Are Difficult to Say: More about my first impressions of Tangles
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wrote 2 weeks ago: I wasn’t, at first, going to write about this here. I was going to keep this blog for writing … more →
AGOSCI 2013 Day One Part the Second
wrote 2 weeks ago: So onto the second part of yesterday, well in reality the only other session I attended but didn … more →
Kudos to Neurology
wrote 2 weeks ago: So far, neurology ward is exceptional. Streets ahead of anything we’ve experienced in a while. … more →
What kind of therapy does Tangles receive?
wrote 2 weeks ago: [EDITED] Last time I introduced you to a 10-year-old girl I call Tangles, who has ataxic cerebral pa … more →
Introducing Tangles
wrote 2 weeks ago: I have a new client for whom I’ve been providing occasional respite care for the past month, a … more →
Adult Human Sexuality Week 10- Closing
wrote 2 weeks ago: This week was just a review. We had three review activities, but only got to two of them because we … more →
4-PEG
wrote 2 weeks ago: Nineteen hours in Wellington Hospital’s Emergency Department on two separate occasions. I never want … more →
the r-word
wrote 3 weeks ago: I cringe at the sound of the r-word. It jars on my ears and sends a shiver down my spine. I don … more →
Adult Human Sexuality Week 8- Sexuality and the Law
wrote 3 weeks ago: At this stage in the game, my partner in crime took over teaching the course. This is part of train … more →
The effectiveness of mindfulness-based interventions for supporting people with intellectual disabilities-a narrative review
wrote 3 weeks ago: The authors reviewed 18 studies that used mindfulness-based interventions to influence the behavior … more →
