Adopting a gluten-free and casein-free diet presents a challenge to most home cooks. Fortunately for us there are many web resources available, providing tons of information, advice, and yummy recipes to sample. Here are a few worth checking out: GFCF Diet: www.gfcfdiet.com –this online support group has an excellent directory, featuring support groups, lists of…
Caring, Curing and Aiding Pediatric Research
Parenting children is not an easy job. Parenting children with special challenges adds more complications to the task. Parenting children with chronic or life threatening medical conditions is frightening. While we as parents need support and education, we must not forget the fact that our children do, too. Whether physically healthy, living with special challenges…
An Interview With Myah’s Mom
Just who is this sweet blonde cutie pictured with her equally lovely Mom? Let’s find out! Tell me a little about yourself and your family. My name is Lori. My husband and I have been married for 10 years and have 2 beautiful little girls. I have a degree in Health Science Education and was…
Pride In Association
There is a lot that I am proud of. My husband. My kids. My recent 44 pound (and still counting..sigh…..) weight loss. But today I am proud of so many of my friends who went out of their comfort zones to try and explain the hurt and damage caused by the use of the word…
Oh woe is me
My son Connor has had a dry, grunt-like cough for the last couple of days and Isabelle has the sniffles. Neither of them have a cold. Connor does have asthma but I fear that the cough is not related to a respiratory issue nor is Isabelle’s sniffing. Seems my kids aren’t sick. I should be…
Learning To Make Sense Of An IEP
Each time I go through the process of working with Michael’s team to write an Individualized Education Program (IEP), I get a little bit better at it. Maybe by the time he graduates from high school, I’ll have it down! Thankfully, there are a lot of great resources out there to help parents learn how…
Should I be here?
I remember hearing someone once say, that if you were with a group of people and everyone was to chuck their problems onto the table, you would quietly grab your own and sneak back out of the room. This was echoed a few years back when I was suffering from Depression and attended Group Therapy…
Shop with Special Diets in Mind
Gluten-free, peanut-free and dairy-free diets are somewhat common today. People and corporations are aware of these dietary restrictions, but it doesn’t necessarily make it any easier to avoid all of those unwanted (or dangerous) ingredient lists in packaged foods. When those allergies or reactions can be life-threatening, the effort involved in avoiding them is not…
Planes, Trains, Automobiles…
With the start of the school year just around the corner, I start to organize what has become a fall tradition for our family: the autumn mini-vacation. Summertime trips just don’t work for us for a variety of reasons. My husband always teaches during the summer months, leaving us with little to no opportunities to…
5 Minutes for Special Needs Books
Stay tuned for how you can receive a FREE copy of this book. Details below! Welcome to 5 Minutes for Special Needs Books, a monthly column designed to spread the word about great reading! This week’s book is a title that you won’t find in the Special Needs section of any bookstore, but it’s one…