Once a week, the Special Needs Blog Week in Review gives you a quick summary of all of the blogs that appeared here in the past seven days. It is an easy way to find the blogs that you might have wanted to read, but, didn’t end up having time for when they first appeared. What did you miss this week?
The Special Needs Podcast Roundup went up on May 7, 2012. This week, I’d like to point out an episode of “Hold the Gluten”. The episode is called “Celiac Awareness Month”. One host shares her experience of being on CNN and talking to Wolf Blitzer about celiac disease. Both hosts share how it felt when they were first diagnosed with celiac disease, and how they have learned to cope with it.
May is Celiac Awareness Month
You might not have realized it, but, May is Celiac Awareness Month. Only a few states have officially recognized it. The purpose is to make more people aware of celiac disease as well as gluten-allergies or gluten intolerances. As someone who cannot eat gluten, I think it would be wonderful if more people understood why I can’t eat the same foods that they enjoy on a daily basis.
Asperger Syndrome Eliminated from DSM-5
The new version of the Diagnostic and Statistic Manual of Mental Disorders is the DSM-5. There are some changes being made to it from the previous version. In the new version, the diagnosis of Asperger’s Syndrome will be dropped. Adults and children who are currently diagnosed with Asperger’s Syndrome will instead be diagnosed as having an autism spectrum disorder.
What Doesn’t Kill You Makes You Makes You Stronger
There is a very uplifting and hopeful video that has been all over the internet. It shows a group of children who are fighting cancer at Seattle’s Children’s Hospital. They are lip-syncing to a song called “Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You)”, which is by Kelly Clarkson. She has become aware of this video and has sent a lovely video message to the kids.
New Ways that Technology is Helping With Autism
You have probably heard stories about schools who use iPads to help kids who have autism to communicate. A few parents have made apps that help with autism as well. Microsoft Kinect has now been used to detect signs of autism in small children.
Special Moms of Special Kids
No one ever said that being a parent would be easy. Moms of children who have special needs have a more extreme version of parenting than they might have been expecting. Often, it is the moms who take on the biggest portion of caregiving to their children. Your effort is appreciated!
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