Christmas 2000 – When Special Happens at Christmas
Christmas 2000—it was my first Christmas as a new mother and I had visions of the perfect holiday for my beautiful 3 month old daughter. I’m not sure how I thought she would react, but I just knew it...
View ArticleUnderstanding Primary Immunodeficiency for PI Awareness Month
April, among other things, is Primary Immunodeficiency (PI) Awareness Month. Although often represented by the blue ribbon, the PIDD community is also one of the “zebra” disorders. Doctors usually...
View ArticlePrimary Immune Deficiency – 5 Things to Remember and How You Can Help
My daughter is 12 years old and was diagnosed with a primary immune deficiency disorder when she was four years old. She had been sick from birth, had picked up a wide range of illnesses ranging from...
View ArticleWhen Primary Immune Deficiencies Affect Your Student at School
Ironically, since the recent posts on Primary Immune Deficiency, we have discovered that our youngest son’s preschool class has a student diagnosed with PID. Now this is something that effects...
View Article5 Tips for Managing Life with Food Allergies
May is Food Allergy Awareness Month. Awareness is an activity we do in our home on a daily basis, so this seems just like any other month to us. Since we are dedicating a full month to this important...
View ArticleTips for Summer Fun vs Keeping it Routine for Children with Autism and Other...
Summer vacation invokes images of lazy days of going to bed late and sleeping in even later. There are trips local or afar to take, festivals to attend, and water fun to be had either at the local...
View ArticleMaking the Decision to Homeschool
Like I mentioned in my previous post about virtual schools, it just wasn’t an option that was ever on our radar. My husband and I both work full time and neither of us had any significant challenges...
View ArticleWhen You Need Rainbows and Unicorns
It has been a hard couple of months. My daughter got disappointing results on the Sensory Integration and Praxis Test, despite having been in occupational therapy for four years. According to her most...
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