Here's the latest article from the Children with Special Needs site at BellaOnline.com.

Using Business Cards for Communication
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art173709.asp
My son has enjoyed having his own business cards since he was very young - there's no reason we have to wait to provide these 'old school' communication tools to our sons and daughters. Be creative!
Individuals with Down syndrome and communication challenges may find using business cards helpful while networking and building relationships in the community and can establish themselves as advocates when they develop the habit of exchanging cards with medical and educational professionals at meetings.
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art173709.asp

Please visit specialneedschildren.bellaonline.com for even more great content about babies, children and teens with childhood-onset disabilities, delays or chronic health conditions.

Holiday Parties for Children with Special Needs
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art46990.asp

Winter Storm Preparations for Families
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art54303.asp

New Holiday Traditions - Childhood Disability
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art69513.asp

Dolls for Children with Disabilities and Their Classmates
Clarinha doll based on the soap opera actress with Down syndrome http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art51720.asp

Perfection and Gift Giving - Childhood Disabilities
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art38276.asp

Browsing and making purchases via this Amazon.com Holiday Toys link
benefits the Children with Special Needs website
http://tinyurl.com/CwSNAmzHldToys

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information, resources and support, at
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@mamatude Terri Mauro
December 3, 2011: International Day of Persons With Disabilities
http://specialchildren.about.com/od/todaysnewsandviews/tp/sotd1211.htm

Advocate seeks contacts in the Down syndrome community in Caracas Venezuela
Reports recent non-responsive contact info - can you help? http://www.ndsccenter.org/espanol/recursos_internacionales.php

@mamatude Terri Mauro
If hearing the R-word in a movie ruins your evening, might want to give 'The Descendants' a skip, sadly.
http://specialchildren.about.com/b/2011/12/02/the-descendants-and-the-r-word.htm

WA @ArcofKingCounty - Do your state legislators have an opportunity like this?
November 2011 King County Legislative Forum on Developmental Disabilities
Listen to the amazing speakers and catch up on TVW - ow.ly/7IMy1
http://www.tvw.org/index.php?option=com_tvwplayer&eventID=2011110039

Diana Stadden @ArcofWA about deadly cuts to services for those with disabilities http://equaltimeradio.net/2011/12/equal-time-radio-show-december-22011
Move to minute 25 of online podcast

Explaining Disabilities to Classmates
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art70228.asp
Book link: Someone Special, Just Like You
http://tinyurl.com/65mvqu8

Explaining Down Syndrome to Children
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art55519.asp
Book link: My Friend Isabelle
http://tinyurl.com/ck4qgp9

Browsing (and making purchases) at our Amazon aStores benefits the Children with
Special Needs website:

Down Syndrome Advocacy
http://astore.amazon.com/downsyndrome-20

Children with Special Needs
http://astore.amazon.com/specialneed0e-20

To participate in free, fun online discussions, this site has a community forum all about Children with Special Needs located here -

http://forums.bellaonline.com/ubbthreads.php?ubb=postlist&Board=57

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Pamela Wilson, Children with Special Needs Editor
http://specialneedschildren.bellaonline.com

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Reflux - Pediatric GERD, Infant GER and EER
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art3730.asp
Positioning, dressing, feeding, soothing may decrease need for medication

Doorstops for Kids and Teens in Wheelchairs
A tool as simple as a rubber wedge for a door can create easy access
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art66763.asp

Sensory Integration and Children
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art48942.asp

Clothing Modifications and Down Syndrome
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art68186.asp

Encouraging Reading for Teens and Young Adults
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art57782.asp

Equine Therapy for Communication Delays
Hippotherapy; therapeutic horseback riding, sometimes without a saddle, with an OT or PT
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art32724.asp

Book link: The Naughtiest Girl in the School by Enid Blyton
Faraway Tree stories; Wishing Chair
http://tinyurl.com/74qxlk2

Reading, Literacy Skill Development
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art57331.asp

Sensory Processing Disorder in Children
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art960.asp

Parenting Children with Mental Health Issues
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art170784.asp

Gifts: How People w Down Syndrome Enrich the World
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art63458.asp

A Brand New Baby w Down Syndrome
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art51264

Symptoms of Childhood Onset Diabetes
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art32583.asp

Diabetes Information for Classmates
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art32541.asp

Advocating in Multicultural Communities
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art11304.asp

Printing, Cursive Handwriting, Childhood Disabilities
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art51023.asp

Teaching Children Handwriting
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art51022.asp

Down Syndrome and Diabetes Dual Diagnosis
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art32543.asp

Surgery and Children with Diabetes
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art57977.asp

Severe Weather Events - Winter Storm Preparations
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art48466.asp

Safety, Risk and Childhood Disabilities
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art64636.asp

Preparing for Emergencies w Children
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art50320.asp

Book Link: Handbook to Practical Disaster Preparedness for the Family
http://tinyurl.com/8x8lct2

Reading Readiness, Reading Strategies
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art35577.asp

Signing, Reading, Spelling for Communication
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art33567.asp

Book link: Board Book: Star Trek Book of Opposites
Really quite wonderful for families of baby / toddler Star Trek fans!
http://tinyurl.com/StrTrkBkOpp

New Parent Information on Down Syndrome
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art68926.asp

Inappropriate Comments in Inclusive Congregations http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art172188.asp

Back to School with Diabetes
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art52832.asp

School Nurses and Diabetes Care
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art59499.asp

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@teachntech00 Patrick Black
RJ Cooper Apps - Spell-A-Word & Point to Pictures goo.gl/fb/yx5IA
http://teachingall.blogspot.com/2011/11/rj-cooper-apps-spell-word-point-to.html

Children with Diabetes Online Forums
Parents of Kids, Teens, Young Adults, College, Type 1; Family, Type 2, Monogenic
http://forums.childrenwithdiabetes.com

Presence of the Occupy movement at the “Don’t Cut Our Lifeline” Rally Nov 28th in Olympia
Not as respectful, helpful or inclusive as they will now be expected to be.
http://thearcofkingcounty.wordpress.com/2011/12/01/guest-blogger-clash-of-the-people-2/

WA: Advocacy from people with developmental disabilities postponed by unruly occupier protest http://www.king5.com/news/Longtime-advocates-being-drowned-out-by-Occupiers-134780728.html

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