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

The Great Promise of Service Animals
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art61552.asp
Service animals have aided children, teens and adults with disabilities for decades. Although some leading animal rights activists protest the use of working dogs and other animals, we applaud those who rescue dogs to train for companionship, therapy and service or breed and train them specifically.
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art61552.asp

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Please visit specialneedschildren.bellaonline.com for more articles like these:

Universal Design for Learning - Access
to General Education Curriculum
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art50363.asp

Teaching Braille to Children who are Blind
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art61342.asp

Recess Skills and Childhood Disability
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art432.asp

Inclusive P.E. and Childhood Disability
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art46155.asp

Teaching Children About Money
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art58960.asp

Teaching Math Skills
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art38411.asp

Friendship and Inclusion for Children with Special Needs
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art48700.asp

Transition to Preschool from Early Intervention
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art49696.asp

Teens with Disabilities - Transition to Adulthood
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art33519.asp

Kindergarten Transition
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art49718.asp

Reflux, Pediatric GERD, Infant GER and EER
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art3730.asp

Sleep Disorders
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art33877.asp

Peer Mentoring Programs and Childhood Disability
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art61295.asp

Inclusion Benefits Classmates
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art6157.asp

IEP Preparation and Teacher Support
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art44746.asp

Literacy Skill Development - Reading Instruction
for Children with Autism, Down Syndrome
and Learning Disabilities
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art57331.asp

People First Language Awareness
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art33981.asp

People First Language Sensitivity
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art14410.asp

Remember, it is sensitive and respectful to use 'people first' language - 'children with special needs' instead of 'special needs children.' We still have a long way to go because the most common search phrase by far is 'special needs children' - and that is how most readers find this website. There's no particular reason that we need to use the word 'special' either. 'Fabulous,' 'wonderful' or 'excellent' are all more appropriate to all our sons and daughters.

I hope to hear from you sometime soon, either in the forum or in response to this email message. I thrive on your feedback!

Have fun passing this message along to family and friends, because we all love free knowledge!

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


Welcoming Babies with Down Syndrome
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art32534.asp

Thoughts from the Middle of the Night
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art32533.asp

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

Prenatal Diagnosis: Down Syndrome
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art32686.asp

New Mother, Newly Diagnosed Baby
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art33557.asp

Down Syndrome Buddy Walks
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art46077.asp

Down Syndrome Awareness
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art34845.asp

Down Syndrome and the Acting Gene
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art34198.asp

Inclusive Education and the Culture of Down Syndrome
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art44827.asp

Depression and Down Syndrome
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art60685.asp

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

Down Syndrome and Autism Dual Diagnosis
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art33178.asp

Anxiety and Childhood Disability
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art59924.asp

Amazon Kindle 2 and Childhood Disability
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art60812.asp

Amazon Kindle Wireless Reading Device
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art58353.asp