Keeping Hope Alive When Your Child Has Special Needs I pull into the carpool lane to pick my kids up from school and am yet again touched by the sight of a service dog with a bright pink lunch pail hanging from her mouth as she trots...
More Last time we talked about how to use choices and questions to help children learn responsibility at as early an age as possible. This week, we talk about an important part of asking questions and giving choices: making sure a child has...
More Transferring from pediatrics into the adult medical system is a big step for families who have children with special needs. The medical care models are very different. Even prepared parents and young adults express shock at how different the two...
More Current research shows that an organized, methodical approach to transition is crucial. A. Kennedy et al. states: “Increasing evidence shows that adverse health consequences occur when inadequate transition arrangements are in...
More Cystic Fibrosis affects 30,000 people in the U.S. It causes an imbalance of salt in the body, which affects the pancreas shortly after birth, impedes proper digestion, and causes airways to fill with mucus, leaving patients vulnerable to lung...
More After beginning our Transition article series, we received a question from a reader telling us about her experience going from a pediatric clinic to an adult clinic. This patient explains to us her common concern that so many others...
More Cystic fibrosis is a chronic disease in which the protein product of a defective gene produces thick and sticky mucus, which clogs the lungs and prevents the pancreas from helping the body break down food. Symptoms of cystic fibrosis include:
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