Childhood Arthritis- Why you need to catch the first symptoms
Childhood arthritis? Children don’t get arthritis. True or false? Sadly, false. One child in 1000 has some form of arthritis. Stretching that out means nearly 300,000 kids in the US and more than 2 million worldwide are suffering! To bring attention to this situation,...
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How Deaf-Blind Children Can Gain Access to the World
Being deaf-blind is more than just about not hearing or being unable to see. It’s a disability of access for a child. Think about it. Communication and learning are how we pick up info about the world around us. And that info teaches us how to interact within that...
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Looking at Digital Eye Strain During Children’s Eye Health and Safety Month
Did your children get digital eye strain staring at computers too much during the COVID 2020/21 school “break?” What’s going to happen as they return to school this month and spend more time on digital devices? Ophthalmologists are expecting a school year filled with...
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Protecting Your Kids from UV Rays
Sun, sun, sun!!! Summer is here. Beaches. Pools. Backyard Bar-b-Ques. Has it been two years since we let the sun shine down upon us? Now we can go back out. That is a good thing. And a bad thing, especially for our kids when it comes to UV safety awareness. You know,...
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Childhood Aphasia — Time to Get the Word Out
Aphasia — this is THE perfect example of just because you never heard of it, doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist. You don’t know what Aphasia is, do you? You aren’t alone. While 2 million people in the United States have Aphasia, 84.5% of Americans state that they’ve never...
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