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Giving ‘Till It Hurts!: Parenting a Child with Special Health Needs
Let's start with Janice, a typical mom with special concerns:Janice sat on the front stoop with her head in hands. The ...
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How to Talk with Kids About their Medical Issues
I asked the doctors, "So how do I talk to my children about their illness? What do I tell them when they ask ...
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Never Give Up! Don’t Let Statistics Rob Your Hope and Joy
When a child is first diagnosed with a medical condition, especially a life-threatening one, the first question many ...
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Learning to Live With Asthma
Your 7-year-old daughter has been diagnosed with asthma. Your pediatrician is giving you plenty of information, but you ...
Source: St. Louis Children's Hospital
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When a Child is Diagnosed with Cancer: How Life Changes
Life does not prepare parents for a diagnosis of cancer in children. Emotionally, the leap from being a parent of a ...
Source: Cure Search
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Asthma and Learning Readiness
When You Can’t Breathe, Nothing Else Matters®Asthma is the most common chronic illness among children. More ...
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Parents: Protect Yourself and Your Children from Whooping Cough
Why Whooping Cough is Serious:Whooping cough (also known as pertussis) is a contagious disease that can be passed ...
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Physical or Health Disabilities Defined
The federal government considers physical disabilities and health disabilities as separate special education ...
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Pill Swallowing Made Easy
IntroductionMany children have difficulty in swallowing pills. They may be unable to perform the necessary reflex, they ...
Source: NYU Child Study Center
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When Your Child Has a Chronic Kidney Disease
Parents of kids who are diagnosed with a chronic kidney disease have many questions about what might happen next, how ...
Source: The Nemours Foundation
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Measles Outbreak Traced Back to Just One Boy
A time-honored tradition for young athletes, the Little League World Series had an unexpected guest last year — ...
Source: The Nemours Foundation
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Pneumocystis Pneumonia
Pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP) is an infection caused by Pneumocystis jiroveci, a microscopic fungus that lives in the ...
Source: The Nemours Foundation
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Get Physical With Your Kids!
This is thought to be the first generation of children with a shorter lifespan than their parents. How do we turn this ...
Source: Education.com
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Characteristics of Students with Physical or Health Disabilities
The characteristics of students with physical or health disabilities are as unique to the individuals as the conditions ...
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Advocating for Children with Crohn’s Disease and Ulcerative Colitis
Many children are afflicted with gastrointestinal diseases such as Crohn's and ulcerative colitis. Crohn's and ...
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Other Health Impairment
DefinitionOther Health Impairment means having limited strength, vitality or alertness, including a heightened ...
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Pervasive Developmental Disorders
What are Pervasive Developmental Disorders? The diagnostic category of pervasive developmental disorders (PDD) refers ...
Source: National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
Additional Content
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NICHCY Connections...to Information in Spanish on Disability Conditions
AD/HD (Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder) Two publications on Desorden Deficitario de la Atención from...
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Special Needs National Toll-free Numbers & Web Sites
Introduction The following is a selected list of toll-free numbers and, new with this edition, Web sites for national...
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Resources within the Medical and Healthcare Community
Looking for Info on Health Conditions The doctor says it's... but what is....? Need more information? There are lots...
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Life Threatening Illness: Surviving the Worst Possible News
A life-threatening childhood illness can strike without warning and devastate a parent. While no magic wand exists to...
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Source: The Nemours Foundation
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