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Dev. Delays

Mitochondrial Disease Awareness Week 2009

September 21, 2009

I just saw a post on one of my “special needs parenting” message boards that this week, September 20-26, is Mitochondrial Disease Awareness Week. She is the mother of a sweet little boy who has a mitochondrial disease. I remember her first posts two or so years ago when her boy was just an infant [...]

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A Look at Children with Special Needs and Car Seats

February 2, 2009

I receive automotive-related press releases because I write about eco-friendly vehicles for The Green Motorist. This release came through today and I found it both interesting but appropriate to share with Mindless Mommy readers. I know that once Ava reached the height limit on her convertible seat, we moved her to a booster. A few [...]

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Candlelight Vigil to Support an Autism Insurance Bill in Arizona

December 17, 2007

Many autism and Asperger’s parents groups in Arizona are trying to get a bill out of committee that would require insurance companies to provide insurance for autism, Asperger’s Syndrome, PDD-NOS and other spectrum conditions.  Arizona would not be the first state requiring such coverage but would most definitely be one of only a handful of [...]

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Exploring Dysgraphia

April 26, 2007

I first heard the term dysgraphia a few months ago when my mother mentioned it to me.  She is a public school educator and somewhere during her day she heard about dysgraphia and immediately thought of my son.  I looked a little bit at it and thought ‘maybe, maybe-not’ and filed it away for future [...]

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New Guidelines Promise Earlier Identification of Autism

April 23, 2007

The CDC and the Interdisciplinary Council on Developmental and Learning Disorders has released new guidelines for identifying children at risk for Autism Spectrum Disorders and other developmental delays.  From the press release dated today, 4/23/07: Leading experts on child development today presented a new framework for identifying children at risk of Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) [...]

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“She Should Be Potty Trained”

April 9, 2007

Today’s title is in quotes because it is just that – a quote.  This is what I was told today while changing my daughter’s diaper at a Target store.  My daughter is 3.5 and a little tall for her age but between the autism and the sensory processing disorder is nowhere near ready for potty [...]

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Autism and Terbutaline

April 8, 2007

So here I am at the end of a nice holiday and I open up one of my favorite mommy message boards and I see a post questioning the link between autism and terbutaline.  Great, I’m just over my mommy guilt wondering if and how I may have caused my daughter’s autism and I see [...]

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