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Cerebral Palsy Rate Beginning To Fall

Wednesday, January 24th, 2007

Recent figures suggest that the rate of babies born with cerebral palsy — steady for the last 60 years — may be falling. Cerebral palsy is a nonprogressive disorder of movement or posture. Since 1997, its ... Read more... »

Eliminating the Stigma of Mental Illness

Monday, January 8th, 2007

Physical illness is considered normal. Someone could have and recover from a physical illness and no one really cares, as long as the person gets to feeling better. However, the mentally ill are ... Read more... »

Chronic Illness, Balance, and the World Wide Web

Tuesday, December 12th, 2006

Like so many of you, I live with chronic illnesses that have restricted my life. From first-hand experience, I know that, when you become physically ill, you do not also become emotionally or intellectually ill. ... Read more... »

Embracing the Challenge of Life with Epilepsy

Tuesday, December 12th, 2006

This article is not about epilepsy per se. It is instead about the challenges that people with epilepsy and their families successfully manage each and every day. For the record, epilepsy is not a mental illness. ... Read more... »

Married with Disabled Children

Sunday, December 10th, 2006

Can this marriage survive? It’s a question many of us ask as we try to juggle the care of a disabled child, the needs of our other children, and, oh yes, the relationship to that ... Read more... »

A Parent’s Guide To Protecting Kids with Intellectual Disabilities from Sexual Abuse

Monday, December 4th, 2006

It’s a parent’s worst nightmare. Depending on the study, it is estimated that from 60 to 90 percent of women with an intellectual disability will be sexually exploited or abused in the course of their ... Read more... »

Mental Retardation and Mental Illness

Thursday, October 19th, 2006

It’s one of my pet peeves. “He’s having behaviors,” says the new teacher. Argh! I hate that phrase. Of course he’s “having behaviors.” We all have behaviors. When we stop having behaviors, we’re ... Read more... »

When the New Baby Has Special Needs

Wednesday, September 6th, 2006

“It was the silence that told me,” reports one young mother. “We were in the delivery room in the final stage. My husband was holding me and I was pushing and everyone was so excited ... Read more... »

Taking Care of the “Other Kids:” A Friendly Reminder for Parents of Disabled and Non-disabled Kids

Tuesday, September 5th, 2006

Lately — finally — stories about the challenges of being a sibling to a child with mental retardation or mental illness are emerging in the press. With that increased visibility has come a dawning cultural ... Read more... »

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