My Child's Development
My Child's Development
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Health & Daily Care
From mealtimes to vaccines and everything in between, this information will help you establish routines for the day to day needs of your child.
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My Community
Connect to a network of parents and professionals and develop your own support network of peers and advisors.
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Establishing Services
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Meet Our Experts
Meet Our Experts
Our panel of experts combine medical and therapeutic perspectives with years of experience working passionately alongside famiiles and children with special needs.
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Tools & Resources
A library of resources, reference links and easy to print guidelines for you to post on the fridge and share with others!
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Love, Laugh, & Live
This section is devoted to our amazing moms. It's ok, in fact we encourage you to laugh and develop goals for YOURSELF! Share your secrets of sanity and be encouraged to take time for you!
From our Experts & Contributors
Every child is unique and develops at his or her own pace. This is especially true of children with Down syndrome whose rate of development is even more variable...(continued)
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Down Syndrome Articles
Raised as a military child, Michelle has a special fondness for her childhood memories, sharing accounts of graduating high school in Germany and making friends around the country. Now she and her husband, who is serving in the United States Air Force, are raising two beautiful children together hoping to give them the childhood memories each of them remember so fondly.
Children with special needs and their families are invited to a special photo session with the Caring Bunny
Medical issues that are unique to symptoms of Down and other genetic syndromes fall into many categories...
On Sunday, November 20, four U.S. cities will welcome the Caring Santa into their local malls, allowing children with special needs to be welcomed into a photo environment
Finding Balance: Obesity and Children with Special Needs is a landmark report highlighting the epidemic of obesity in the special needs community and outlining innovative solutions for families, caregivers and professionals. The report is the first to focus exclusively on how the obesity epidemic affects children with special needs while providing innovative solutions.
Four parents give first hand perspectives about the challenges and lessons learned of trying to achieve a healthy weight for their children.
Research has demonstrated conclusively that both adults and children with disabilities are significantly more likely than their peers to be overweight or obese.
Children with disabilities face the same obesity risks as other children as well as risk factors that are particular to their disability. In this report, Abilitypath.org has identified seven unique obesity risk factors faced by children with disabilities.
The impact of disabilities such as Down syndrome, autism, and cerebral palsy on obesity are discussed.
A child’s weight is impacted by a variety of factors- some close to home and others influenced by public policies made hundreds or thousands of miles away. Just as each sphere of influence can be part of the problem; it can also be part of the solution.
Three programs that provide supportive communities that encourage health and fitness for special needs children and families are highlighted.
A simple and inexpensive blood test may soon be available for parents to test their unborn child for Down syndrome and other disorders
Are they at Risk?
Prenatal screening tests give parents information about their risk of having a child with Down syndrome
Down syndrome is a genetic variation that affects one out of 800 to 1,000 babies born in the United States
For children with Down syndrome, there may be additional circumstances that lead to more challenges with eating and swallowing
For children with Down syndrome, there may be additional circumstances that lead to more challenges with eating and swallowing
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