by Annie Beth | Jul 5, 2019 | Disability Overview
Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis sounds like a misnomer. A mistake. How can a kid have creaking bones? Arthritis is more than something making it harder for the elderly to get around. It is a swelling (inflammation is the medical term) of the tissue that lines the inside...
by Annie Beth | Jul 5, 2019 | Disability Overview
As parents, we don’t want to see our children suffer. But sometimes, we don’t see it, even when we see it. Pediatric migraine headaches are like that. Sometimes we think they are just a simple headache. Pediatric migraines run a shorter course than regular...
by Annie Beth | May 28, 2019 | Disability Overview
Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis (JRA) is a debilitating disease that makes it difficult for children to lead normal lives. As National Arthritis Awareness Month is spotlighted during May, we will be focusing our discussion on JRA’s symptoms & types, as well as diet...
by Annie Beth | Apr 20, 2019 | Disability Overview, Local Resources
While most medical services are focused on helping the patient live with/overcome a specific injury, Occupational Therapy (OT) is the only profession that helps people to continue to do the things they want and need to do throughout their lifespan. This is...
by Annie Beth | Mar 27, 2019 | Disability Overview
Tiny electrical charges surge through the brain as billions of brain cells communicate with each other every day in an orderly fashion. But, when there is a sudden electrical energy burst a seizure occurs. And when it repeats itself, the disorder is called Epilepsy....
by Annie Beth | Jan 21, 2019 | Disability Overview
Every 4 ½ minutes, a baby is born in the United States with a birth defect. Folic acid can help alter that number. But first, just let that initial statement settle in your head: Every 4 ½ minutes, a baby is born in the United States with a birth defect. In the time...
