Special Needs Children Site
	Pamela Wilson BellaOnline's Special Needs Children Editor

Childhood Seizures and Epilepsy
Episodes of childhood seizures, whether epilepsy or seizure disorder, infants experiencing febrile seizures (with fever), or in children who have had a single episode seizures for any reason, may call for a consulation with a pediatric neurologist as well as the family doctor.

Children with Muscular Dystrophy
Seven of nine forms of muscular dystophy first show symptoms and develop in childhood or infancy. Families are often unaware of these conditions until a child is diagnosed. The Muscular Dystrophy Association provides information on forty Neuromuscular conditions, including Spinal Muscular Atrophy.

Children with Spina Bifida
Children with Spina Bifida have individual personalities, potential and challenges that combine to make each one unique and wonderful

Tay-Sachs and Related Conditions
Families whose children are diagnosed withTay-Sachs and allied diseases have created resources for information and support of others whose children are diagnosed with one of these rare genetic diseases

Tourette Syndrome Explored on Oprah
Children who have Tourette's - Tourette Syndrome - struggle with a neurological condition that may be misdiagnosed as a behavioral disorder, overlooked due to a dual diagnosis, or whose symptoms may be attributed to other causes