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The Princess Gene
I am convinced there is a DNA sequence for attraction to glitter, tulle, and feather boas. I am convinced there is a unique DNA sequence for those who can pull off wearing all three, at once, with...
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Mr. Senstive and SPD
Sensory Processing Disorder – also known as Sensory Integration Disorder, SPD. or SID – is a big part of our lives. Four year-old Mr. Sensitive is the poster boy for the ‘out of synch kid’. Please...
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A Story of Angels – Before you were born
The background for this story is this: A voice from nowhere says, “I’m losing my babies, pray for us.” A woman across the continent is 18.5 weeks pregnant with twins. Her water broke. There is...
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The Busy, Busy Month of May
Springtime. The month of May. Mothers Day. Victoria Day long weekend. Add teaching a spring session of night school twice a week. Add a dozen or so medical appointments. Plus our regular...
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Shut the Front Door!
My front door has been under the authority of property management for nearly three years now. It’s also been sticking for that long. I would fill out repair request forms and leave them with property...
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Prenatal Testing, or Frankly my Dear, I don’t give a D@mn: Baby #3 and DMD?
Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) is an x-linked recessive disease. Mothers are the carriers. That means it can be found in boys that are related by female relatives – brothers, uncles, cousins. But...
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Decisions: the abortion pact
A recent article in the local press describe one couple’s “abortion pact.” That is, if any pregnancy had a chance of a fetal anomaly they would abort. The couple felt that because of their age – she...
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So I think I’ve made a decision, kind of…
Last Monday I made a firm decision. I distinctly remember making that decision, being convinced with every fibre of my body that this was the correct path to take. I was driving into work and called...
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Enough of the “What ifs” already
I have been “what if-ing” myself to death lately. Lest you think this is some kind of new swear word (which it very well could be, given our track record – check out these posts), rest assured it is...
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Chasing Normal
There’ve been some excellent posts and discussion out there recently about comparing kids with Special Needs to typical peers and how a parent feels when their child isn’t even in the same ballpark as...
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But, for that extra chromosome he would…
I’m a special education teacher. The students I work with have DD (Developmental Disabilities). This means they have what used called mental retardation. I prefer the term intellectual disability....
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Special Needs Parenting: What I wish I would have known
Recently a new reader stumbled across my blog in search of answers to Prader-Willi questions. You can imagine the kind of questions parents new to a diagnosis would ask. I really can’t answer any of...
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On being Smart
“You moron!” “You idiot!” School yard taunts fly. I’m not talking the R-word, just common words to denote a lack of intelligence. Idiot. Moron. Imbecile. Stupid. There are countless insults in the...
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