Tag: disabilities
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May 25, 2007 04:35 PM EDT --
I knew when I heard that my aunt had died, that it was going to be a very difficult time for my grandmother. Back when Retha was born, she had developed severe bleeding on the brain. While they were . . .
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January 08, 2008 10:03 AM EST --
I am going to be 40 years old in 11 days!
I do not look it. People get kind of twisted when I tell them I have a 16 year old son.
I had him when I was 24, not awfully young but people 'cannot . . .
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October 08, 2007 09:37 AM EDT --
My friend Marie J. R. posted a poem entitled 'Handicaps' last week. Please feel free to visit her poem: . . .
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November 02, 2007 11:02 PM EDT --
It was so foggy this morning that I was unable to see the homes down from me. I can hear people talking and vehicles moving but if they are not right in front of my house I can't see them. It's . . .
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December 03, 2007 04:17 PM EST --
I had and always will have Spastic Athetoid right Hemi paretic Cerebral Palsy. Which in English means Hemiplegia. Cerebral refers to the brain. Palsy refers the lack of poor muscle control. I will . . .
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December 11, 2008 10:04 PM EST --
We started out taking my son to speech therapy. We had to turn around and go back home, as we realized we forgot his communication device. Thankfully, we weren't far from home. We . . .
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December 19, 2005 02:15 PM EST --
I am an ungraced enigma. People waive their preferences for sons and daughters to pray God will not curse them with something like me.
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September 21, 2008 09:00 PM EDT --
We were contacted by the Moose Lodge, they have a charity going on to supply special needs children with bicycles. It is an Amtryke bike and he loves it. The bike is really neat, . . .
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October 15, 2008 06:51 AM EDT --
My son had surgery 3 weeks ago. He is 14 and has Cerebral Palsy. He had to have his baclofen pump replaced. It went well.
The baclofen pump is used to reduce spasticity. . . .
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September 11, 2006 05:09 PM EDT --
It was a brisk December morning 2003. I was walking along my usual path to work. Out of the parking garage, onto the side walk, crossing at the same pedestrian walk and onto the side walk that ran along . . .
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March 17, 2006 06:28 PM EST --
Several years ago, the doctor had me take a week off from work. "Don't use your arms at all", he said. "You need complete rest at first. Then we'll start you on some . . .
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May 10, 2007 07:23 PM EDT --
It has become apparent (after 36 years of marriage) that some men have learning disabilities that just never go away with age. For instance.....
1. He can spend hours and hours washing and cleaning the . . .
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January 11, 2008 06:22 AM EST --
My children went to public, and it was a diseaster. Daugher number one had learning different problems which made school a hardship for her,despite her being in special ed with a 130 IQ. We . . .
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July 23, 2008 10:52 PM EDT --
I have learning disabilities . I rarely make that statement public. I have never in my life made a statement so public about my learning disabilities but I believe that even after so many years . . .
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September 15, 2008 11:58 AM EDT --
I originally wrote this as a response to some Democrats who were insisting that the ability to type on a computer keyboard for long periods of time is somehow a disqualifying condition for the . . .
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September 14, 2006 09:58 AM EDT --
Prior to acquiring Fibromyalgia I was real big on volunteering. I volunteered for a local domestic violence cause. I participated in the "Race for the cure". I collected money for various organizations . . .
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November 05, 2006 12:22 PM EST --
Good morning ya'll. It's Sunday morning, my brain and body refreshed, ready to give ya'll more info on what the results were. The pipes didn't have lead, the dirt did have lead. The lead . . .
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October 22, 2007 02:43 PM EDT --
Along time ago,I had a dream.Most little girls have this one in particular.I cant remember a time that I didnt have this dream. . . .
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March 01, 2008 10:29 AM EST --
As you may know from my recent article (Click Here) my new role as full time caregiver for my husband is somewhat of a challenge.
Last night was relatively difficult. . . .
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May 22, 2008 06:47 PM EDT --
On first impressions, Nancy Sideri is a professional and attractive woman very much in command of her life. She is an independent business person and caring expert that uses her technical skills . . .
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