by Annie Beth | Dec 19, 2018 | Disability Overview
We are going to divert this month from discussing living diseases afflicting children to instead focus on inanimate things that prey upon children: unsafe toys. No other months are these toys so prevalent than during the holiday shopping season. In fact, U.S. Public...
by Annie Beth | Nov 26, 2018 | Disability Overview
“Premature births” is a very misleading term. The misconception is that, well, the baby was born. It is ok. What’s the problem? The problem is that throughout pregnancy the developing baby goes through important growth, especially during the final months and weeks....
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 | Aug 27, 2018 | Disability Overview
Psoriasis is not dandruff. The month of August is Psoriasis Awareness Month, so let’s get that off the table right away. Shampoo from the supermarket won’t do anything. We mention that first because of the roughly 20,000 children under 10 years of age that are...
by Annie Beth | Jul 12, 2018 | Disability Overview, Hope This Way...
That is a mouthful as a headline. And that is the point, isn’t it? We are trying to draw attention during National Cleft & Craniofacial Awareness & Prevention Month in July to the mouth and face. Cleft lip and craniofacial conditions are birth defects that...
by Annie Beth | Jun 4, 2018 | Disability Overview
Scoliosis is an abnormal curvature of the spine that an estimated 6-9 million people suffer with in America. While that is distressing enough, coping with scoliosis is compounded by the fact that it most often shows up during childhood growth spurts. This is a time...
