A few years ago, I fell in love with Signing Time. Jack was struggling to do much more than scream and I was increasingly frustrated. In a last ditch effort, I bought some DVDs and prayed that he would communicate with me. Slowly, he began to sign (things like more and done) and I felt…
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Tawnda & Barbara M are the winners! Kodak and 5 Minutes for Special Needs want to give you a little something to start the holiday season. To celebrate it’s newest photo book sizes and paper designs, Kodak is giving $50 gift cards to two of our readers. We encourage you to order a photo book…
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Imagine cleaning your house, and killing bacteria, with plain ‘ol water. Yup. Simple H2O. Can’t be done you say? Think again. The Activeion Pro uses cold tap water – and magically charges the ions in that water to attract the gunk on your counter, in your microwave, or even on your skin. One of the…
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And the winner of our Reliable SteamboyT1 is: Debbie Yost! Debbie was chosen by Random.org. Enjoy!
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Voting is now closed! It’s time to VOTE! Feel free to announce it on your blog, facebook, twitter, etc and get your friends to vote for you. That is fair game. But please play fair and do not use proxy servers or other black hat methods of increasing your votes. If we do discover unfair…
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Well, it looks as though Mr. Linky has jumped ship yet again. sigh. So just add your link in the comments section below and we’ll add them to Mr. Linky when he’s back up. I think if you could ask a parent of a child with special needs what they would like others to know…
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Comments are now closed! Thanks everyone! Living with a medically fragile kid who spends a vast majority of his time on the floor makes the cleanliness of those floors a high priority. Very high. To the point where I’ve been called …..a Clean Freak…..OCD…..and The Mad Cleaner. All in one sentence. Hey. You have your…
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Comments are now closed. Note: This is a compensated (Parker received his Sand and Water Transportation Station for free) review and giveaway from Step2. It was a warm summer’s morning. Parker had been signing “outside” since he woke up, hours before. Finally, after the medications, the morning therapies, bath time, trach change and breakfast, it…
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The winner of the International Vascular Birthmark Awareness Day Book Giveaway is: Heidi from God’s Grace In Practice! Congratulations! We hope you enjoy this beautiful book, Buddy Booby’s Birthmark, by Evan Ducker, a little boy who followed his dream to write a children’s story to help others understand what it feels like to be different….
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Sunday, Sunday, Sunday…in my house this week, it meant endless auto racing viewing opportunities, if you were so inclined. Yea….I? Was not. So, instead I popped open the laptop for week 2 of Around the Blogosphere Special Needs Style. And lookie here…ask and ye shall receive, that fancy schmancy button we asked for last week,…
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