Have you ever wondered what happens when cord blood is banked? What happens if your child needs it later in life due to an illness or other disability? So many steps are being made to advance the research and amazing uses of cord blood stem cells today. It is easy to dismiss the idea of [...]
Tags: cbr, cerebal palsy, Cord Blood, cord blood registry, stem cell research, stem cells
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People will pick up on anything to accuse of being autistic. Absolutely anything.
More children are being diagnosed within the Autism Spectrum each year and the anti-vaccine movement just eats it up. Despite the fact that for years scientists and researchers have published comprehensive information disproving the link between the type of mercury found in vaccines, [...]
Tags: aspberger's, autism, autism spectrum, vaccines
Posted in: Health, Special Needs
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My computer sits by my window and I have a great view of the snow blowing down my neighbor?s driveway. Times like this take me back to when I was a child. It seems like it would snow more often in the winter back then. At least, to my blurry memory it did. Memories are [...]
Tags: childhood, comfort food, memories, winter fun
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I am the mother of a High Functioning Autistic child. So often, parents of children with disabilities find themselves feeling as if they are on the outside of what would be considered normal parenting. Care giving a special needs child is very demanding and the milestones we celebrates are taken for granted by [...]
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In Lubbock, Texas, artist Lahib Jaddo found her exhibit banned from a city owned building. The Buddy Holly Center has long had a policy of ?no nudes? in any of the art that was displayed, but this recent controversy has found the town scrambling to rethink it?s stance on the art shown there.
http://abcnews.go.com/TheLaw/story?id=4079181&page=1
As a mother [...]
Posted in: Breastfeeding, Current Events
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