Tag: syndrome
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November 15, 2007 02:00 PM EST --
People With Down Syndrome or Shaved Beards Shouldn't Be Allowed To Marry
Do you agree? Does anything look strange about this? Should Down Syndrome people be allowed to marry? Why should . . . more
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June 16, 2008 05:12 AM EDT --
I was kind of down all day Sunday due to health reasons. So I didn't get on and comment on anything.
Later on, my son and I were working on German together and then watched Clint Eastwood with . . . more
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August 04, 2008 09:45 AM EDT --
Four years old
so young
innocent
pure
I look into her eyes
big, brown
full of wonder
epicanthal folds
stare back at me
Short little arms
embrace me
so loving
so happy
so . . . more
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April 21, 2006 05:03 PM EDT --
Gene has a special grin that he reserves for when he is scooped up and carried some place. I call it his Prince of the World grin. Gene has Down Syndrome and Autism but he can walk. He can actually walk . . . more
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May 14, 2008 03:48 PM EDT --
This morning, I posted an article about Marfan's Syndrome. My son, who has the disabling disorder, read it and wanted me to add a few things. I did and now I am writing this article as a follow-up . . . more
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June 10, 2008 05:58 PM EDT --
Asperger's Syndrome is a mild form of Autism. It is marked by obsessive interest in an area such as a vacuum cleaner or any object that the person specializes in. They want to know everything . . . more
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May 26, 2006 03:00 PM EDT --
This is about me, a person who has lived with a disease. I am a person who had a dream of realizing self-potential yet, had to accept not physically being able to manifest this dream.
As I stated in an . . . more
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June 09, 2007 06:17 PM EDT --
[writer’s note: I wrote this last June as my son headed off to college. He’ll be back on Wednesday to spend a month with us this summer. I can’t wait to see him.]
It’s . . . more
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August 04, 2007 09:52 PM EDT --
My twelve year old is emotionally a five year old. We went to see Rachel D. today, and my daughter wanted to stay home. A neighbor and trusted friend offered to watch my daughter so her daughter . . . more
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November 15, 2007 01:41 AM EST --
Sympathy is like pity. Most of us don't want it. Empathy however is absolutely necessary. For us to trust you, you have to appear to understand or being willing to try to understand, where we are . . . more
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January 14, 2008 11:06 AM EST --
Asperger's Syndrome is a form of autism, one where people can often speak eloquently, and have extraordinary abilities in engineering, computer science, systematic thinking ? yet have real difficulties . . . more
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March 31, 2008 12:41 PM EDT --
Well, I went to the doctor Friday afternoon because my symptoms were getting worse. It had moved from my middle finger to the rest of my hand. As well as a couple different spots . . . more
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July 06, 2008 01:05 AM EDT --
I was born in Utah in the 1950s with a rare birth defect called epidermolysis bullosa. It is a 'blistering skin' disease, is very rare and includes several subtypes of the defect, all of . . . more
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February 22, 2008 11:48 PM EST --
SICK: LIVING WITH CHRONIC FATIGUE AND FIBROMYALGIA SYNDROME, Part II
I am not entirely sure when all of this started. It's kind of like trying to figure out if the . . . more
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October 24, 2006 01:47 PM EDT --
My daughter brought this article to my attention last evening . It seems British medical researchers want to develop a test to screen babies in utero with a view to aborting those found having autism . . . more
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November 15, 2007 01:53 AM EST --
I speak from a non-academic perspective. I have no intention of delving into the world of academia because a part of me would consider that a step backwards. I have learnt that communication is about . . . more
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November 15, 2007 02:40 AM EST --
I have 3. (n.b. If you have also made up these words it's just a co-incidence)
My kids made this one up......
Fullhanded . Definition: the opposite of empty handed.
Mine are
Tempremenstrual . . . more
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December 11, 2007 08:20 PM EST --
There are varying views of Autism/Aspergers. It really depends on your own experiences in life. All of us Auty folk are different, but there are also varying views on this brain type. Some see it as a . . . more
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May 22, 2008 05:58 PM EDT --
When my son was born, it was a happy occasion, albeit after an extremely difficult childbirth. On paper, it might have seemed not so difficult -- the birth was delivered vaginally, after all -- but my . . . more
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May 08, 2007 04:34 PM EDT --
Leah Christensen's article about her stepfather, Dave, inspired me to write this article. Leah wrote how her stepfather helped a young boy gain confidence when he was treated rudely. In my comments . . . more
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