by Annie Beth | Dec 16, 2020 | Disability Overview, General Health
Handwashing has always been one of the best ways to protect your family– and yourself– from becoming sick. Because of the continuing pandemic of COVID19 and the approach of the annual flu season, it is extra important to review when and how children should...
by Annie Beth | Nov 4, 2020 | Disability Overview
Diabetes is now the seventh leading cause of death in North Carolina. In fact, the rate of diabetes has almost doubled in the state over the last 20 years! For example, Type 2 diabetes used to be known as an adult-onset disease, but today more children are being...
by Annie Beth | Oct 17, 2020 | Disability Overview
Can you imagine losing your ability to speak, walk, eat, and even breathe easily? And imagine it happening to you as a kid. This is Rett Syndrome. It occurs worldwide in 1 of every 10,000 female births (and is even rarer in boys). While you may not have heard of Rett...
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 | 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...
