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Gardening with Children
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art171221.asp
Children with developmental delays, physical disabilities, chronic health conditions or other special needs may find peace, delight and motivation in gardening where they are not being measured, evaluated or trained to do better but still take responsibility for perfectly wonderful accomplishments.
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art171221.asp

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Easter Craft Ideas
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art21925.asp

Easter and Children with Disabilities
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art13561.asp

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Elementary School Transition
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art50637.asp

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

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

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Adult Siblings - Childhood Disabilities
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art69004.asp

High School Homeschooling & Transition
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art45892.asp

Transition Planning for Teens w/ Disabilities
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art57505.asp
Middle school to graduation or age 21

Elementary School Transition
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art50637.asp

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

Mosaic and Translocation Down Syndrome
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art33207.asp

.mamatude Wordless Wednesday: Darius Rucker
and the ACM Lifting Lives Music Campers Chorus
http://bit.ly/gsQjyf

.NDSC Great Quote: "Special needs children
educated in the integrated classroom “are more
apt to be employed’’
http://fb.me/KisX3eNS

.CSUNCOD Tactile Deep-Space Imagery For
The Visually Impaired
http://bit.ly/eQKTW6

.JoniRedlich "@kevinmd: Achieving balance in
life with cerebral palsy
http://t.co/YbDQE0z" great advice!

.JoniRedlich New Post: Tippy Toes and Normal Development
http://bit.ly/hjrnl4

.Inspire247 Dont give up on the child.
Give the child an education. Give them daily love.
Chris Burke
http://bit.ly/gMVpww
http://bit.ly/dZnn7q

.lettercaseorg New @lettercaseorg package
for OB medical providers. 2 Understanding
a Down Syndrome Diagnosis bks for $22:
http://lettercase.org/products/

.TheCoffeeKlatch RT @SpecialEdAdvice Is your child
receiving the services in their IEP
http://t.co/pP8fA5G

.DSGOzarks had a planning meeting last night for our
Step Up for #DownSyndrome event on June 11. Got lots
of exciting things planned this year!

.drgrist Climate change breaks NASA temperature chart
http://bit.ly/eTi1aD

CSUNCOD CSUN Researchers Tap into Brain’s Power
to Control Wheelchair
http://bit.ly/h2sorN

.khanacademy Video of the day: Insulin and Diabetes:
http://youtu.be/rPLjSY00JlE?hd=1

.ginabad Authenticity, Blogging, and My Future
http://bit.ly/i5ln3b
Mosaic Down Syndrome
http://mom-blog.com/?page_id=575 Info & links

.drgrist New analysis: The Economic Affliction
of Asthma and Risks of Blocking Air Pollution Safeguards
http://bit.ly/gGuUet

.mamatude Find New Ideas for Outdoor Fun
http://bit.ly/fDLwLx

.JJsList Raising Autism Awareness this April -
Owen's story - http://ow.ly/4tSAr

.DDA604 new phone app for those who
can't speak to be heard .. http://bit.ly/elNkCq

Apraxia_KIDS See all the Walk for Children with #Apraxia of Speech locations in the US & Canada: http://tinyurl.com/4hchr4r

.FifthFreedom Groups fight to save Indiana program for children of vets with #disabilities http://fifthfreedom.org/u/7p

.TASHtweet Breaking: Rep. Miller re-introduces restraint and seclusion bill in the House http://wp.me/p1m4UA-uc TASH issues The Cost of Waiting

.CureT1Diabetes #Diabetes D bloggers and corp interests http://bit.ly/fQe2HT

.al_habieli @Malanesi I found help on the internet at www.childrenwithdiabetes.com and I had not been the first distraught mother from UAE to contact

.dnbruce Supermodel Jourdan Dunn On Her Son's Sickle Cell Disease | The Frisky http://t.co/9qtPdo5

.ZeissOCT Central Macular Splaying and Outer Retinal Thinning in Asymptomatic Sickle Cell Patients by Spectral-Domain Optical Cohe http://goo.gl/ChQXH
via Curata

.KARE11community Cancer Kids Fund helping with new Sickle Cell research at @ChildrensMN: http://t.co/ktOMSHl

.Cell_Aware Ok, guys, we have a lot of events planned for the upcoming months. Take a stand against Sickle Cell. Enough is Enough

.kham30 Jazz Concert for Sickle Cell Foundation | MyFox Memphis | Fox 13 News http://t.co/AmukwoK

.SickleCellGa Sickle Cell Road Race/Walk Saturday April 09 2011 Address 4255 Will Lee Road Registration Closing Date Thursday April 07 2011

.SickleCellGa Georgia law requires that all newborns are tested for Sickle Cell trait and disease.

.StemCellsPortal http://scnblog.typepad.com/scnblog/2011/04/using-stem-cells-in-developmental-disorder-research.html http://fb.me/T3aToMUn

.drschroe Nice piece on #sexed for kids w/developmental #disabilities. Answer.rutgers.edu is doing webinars re: this! http://bit.ly/i7ikDr @barbflis

.newstalkscience CLARIFICATION - those who choose to pre-test for Down's (and obviously outside of Eire) http://nyti.ms/ey3v7c http://bit.ly/h5oBY8

.bentonnelson Phillips: 'Raising Son With Down's Syndrome Is A Joy': http://imdb.to/g9s4Lx

.FarleysLaw Farleys Partner Paul Corrigan is running the London Marathon for Down's Syndrome Association.Please help to support him http://bit.ly/hjKiIU

.Mediadisdat ASU professor studies how deaf children become part of Deaf culture http://asunews.asu.edu/20110325_deaf-education

.Downsyndromecen OT Workshop, Exploring Sensory Integration Issues in Children-takes place Sat 9th Apr in Stillorgan Park Htl. OT... http://fb.me/yXJplOqT