by Annie Beth | Aug 19, 2020 | Disability Overview, General Health, Local Resources
Psoriasis is best known as a chronic autoimmune disease that appears on the skin. Up to 40% of people with psoriasis have symptoms before they’re 16 years old, and 10% get it before they’re 10. In fact, each year, roughly 20,000 children under 10 years of...
by Annie Beth | Feb 4, 2020 | Local Resources
Children with disabilities are almost two times worse off with meeting their oral health care needs than kids without disabilities. And, according to the American Dental Association, both North Carolina and South Carolina are in the bottom third of the country when it...
by Annie Beth | May 22, 2019 | Local Ministry Updates, Local Resources
Community Events Sensory Friendly Open Jam Session- Matthews Library June 1st 10:30am Piedmont Music Therapy extends an invitation to the upcoming Sensory-Friendly Open Jam Session sponsored by the Charlotte Mecklenburg Library – Matthews Location. We are...
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 | Oct 19, 2018 | Disability Overview, Local Resources
Monthly, we focus on a different disability afflicting children in America and specifically in North Carolina. One of the most common genetic birth defects, affecting one out of every 691 babies, is Down Syndrome. Sometimes you know something about a disability, and...
by Annie Beth | Feb 26, 2018 | Local Resources
“It’s more than a camp; it’s an attitude… and changing attitudes changes lives.” When most kids go camping, they don’t get on a plane and fly across the country. But for Kim Jackson and her son, Jacob, traveling from North Carolina to California was their...
