ADVOCATING FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES

Parenting a child with a disability can be challenging and stressful. It's important to take time everyday to reduce stress to help maintain health and better deal with obstacles that cross our paths.

Why does it take the probability of a parent of a child with Down Syndrome being elected into office for someone to finally notice these families need an advocate in the White House?

Patients suffering from spinal cord injury should be treated at Shepherd Center in Atlanta.

This article is to help parents start advocating on their child's behave. Several obstacles can turn a parent in the wrong direction unless they have a working understanding of what to expect.

What education is 'appropriate' for students with special needs? What is the least restrictive environment? We will know where they should be instructed, when we know who they are. Individuals with disabilities...who need individualized education.

This article shares some of my picks for most intriguing fiction writers this year. Unfortunately many of them chose not to participate.

When is a house not a house? My neglected house became a living metaphor for my depression, but when I began to feel better, it was still there. It took very good friends to literally dig me out from under.

There's nothing like finding a great resource with useful answers to make you feel confident in the choices you make for your learning disabled child.

Dealing with a disability can be difficult enough when you feel like there is nowhere to turn for help. This article gives a brief overview of disability assistance in the areas of education, employment, healthcare, independent living, and mobility.

A comprehensive list and review of the best books in the disability memoir field, including memoirs about depression, autism, learning disabilities, Down Syndrome, blindness, multiple personality disorder and more.

Sure he's charming and articulate, but what does he stand for?

While Intersex conditions have been acknowledged for centuries, medical management has only been implemented in the last several decades, and often causes more harm than good in those diagnosed with ambiguous or undiffretiated genitalia.

Thought I would share a little.

An examination of the inherent bias of disability studies and other forms politicized literary criticism.

Teaching social consciousness to children is something that I not only have many years of experience developing, but also am extremely committed to.

This is an article which reflects on the stigma of severe mental illness and how we should honor their achievements and give them the same compassion we give people who have other disabilities and challenges.

This article discusses learned helplessness, people who work with the disabled population and how to effectively empower them

In 1989, U.S. Congress passed legislation for the first time addressing Domestic Violence Awareness Month. The movement to "break the silence" and increase awareness in the effort to end violence has continued since that time.

Antipsychotic medications treat not only schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, but also autism, ADHD, OCD and many other mental health conditions. Learn some of the potential serious side effects of these medications.

Some parents who want to homeschool their children simply can't afford to take the time away from work. Here is advice to make the most out of public schools by adopting a homeschooling approach

A four part research into the Welfare Reform and the resulting working poor status.

This is an addition to the debate begun by my previous article on insulting words. Thanks to all those who read and sent wonderful comments for understanding what I was trying to communicate!