by Annie Beth | May 18, 2020 | General Health
When we do these monthly blogs, we focus on how these “celebrations & observations” relate to special needs kids. But when asked to write about “May Better Sleep Month,” I had a personal stake in it. I have not been sleeping well during the COVID19 crisis. How...
by Annie Beth | Apr 13, 2020 | Hope This Way..., Kids Posts
Getting a free day or two to stay home from school has always been a welcome event for kids. Not so in these days of Coronavirus and forced home sheltering. Cabin fever sets in rather quickly. For parents of special needs kids with limited attention spans, the stress...
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 | Sep 25, 2019 | Disability Overview
Pediatric obesity is a health problem with clear cut solutions, yet it is on the rise. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), one in six children across America is obese. In North Carolina the obesity rate breaks down this way: 15%...
by Annie Beth | Aug 7, 2019 | Disability Overview
BY ANTHONY SCIALIS With the 2019/20 school year about to start in North Carolina (and in most parts of the nation), parents are looking to a checklist of clothes and school supplies. You should add eye exams to that list. To promote that action, August has been...
