From the category archives:

General Health

Letting go

by Sita 17 July 2009
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I always thought going to the county fair would be a challenge with my son. As long as someone is sitting next to him he probably would be fine and that would be the only way he would sit through the ride. I was scared of him trying to get off the rides while in [...]

Cheese over candy

by Sita 16 July 2009
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Taking my daughter grocery shopping is not so fun, with all the candy, soda sitting all right there at the check-out stand. She would cry for her candy which I hate buying. But this trip to the store was so funny. We had done shopping and was paying. Then all of a sudden she started [...]

Two worlds as One

by Sita 12 July 2009
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I never thought the day would come, when both my children will play with one another. My son who has autism and my daughter who has CRS (Caudal regression Syndrome), two different forms of disabilities, how could they meet in the center and play? At home, they were aware of each other being at home [...]

I will find a way

by Sita 9 July 2009
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I was having my 4 month ultra sound done when the Dr looked at me and said ” I think there is something wrong”. My heart dropped to the floor but been brave asked what is wrong. Dr said, She might not be able to move from the waist down and needed to do an [...]

Water

by Sita 9 July 2009
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Having got my children to drink more water, I used to buy bottled water so they would think it’s cool to do so. Now wanting to lessen our carbon footprint, decided to to go with the reusable water bottles. I thought I would be going through many reusable water bottles. I was wrong. I am [...]

Diet vs Lifestyle change

by Sita 8 July 2009
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“Diet”, oh that word is so wrong in so many ways. Why should we be on a diet? I cannot understand why don;t we try to be and eat healthy. When I think of Diet and I know x amount of days have to watch what ever goes in my mouth. And then after those [...]

Camera in the hands of an Autistic boy

by Sita 3 July 2009
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My son has autism and giving him a camera was the best thing we have done. He has limited speech. He takes photos of what he likes. This really helps with understanding his likes and seeing things through his eyes. It is also interesting to see what catches his attention, and animals are what he [...]