Graceanne Marie D’Alberto is a seven-year-old with severe development disabilities. She has been seen by some of the top pediatric physicians in the country at Boston’s Children’s Hospital and Cleveland Clinic, yet she still remains undiagnosed.
Gracie was born with intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) - a condition that occurs when the baby is not growing at [...]
I love to showcase my wonderful clients, one of which is located in Chehalis, Washington, where, as a young wife and mother, I lived for 10 years. This nonprofit is amazing, and is performing marvelous services for thousands of people who need healthcare but may be underinsured or uninsured. Or they may just need good [...]
Tess Tuhy is a happy, highly energetic seven-year old girl with a personality much larger than her tiny size. She would like nothing better than to have a dog as a companion. Tess absolutely loves dogs and has a friend with an In-Home Companion Dog from 4 Paws. It brings Tess great joy [...]
Moira Carrano is a 4th grade student at Mendel Elementary School, Yokota AB, Japan. She was diagnosed with Autism when she was 18 months old. Like other children her age, Moira enjoys riding her bike, swimming, playing with toys, and being with family.
Like other children with Autism, Moira has difficulty making friends [...]
Zach, our son, is six years old. Since he was a baby, he has been having seizures. It has been a difficult road trying to figure out what medications help Zach lessen the number of seizures that he has on a daily basis. His doctor has told us that the medications may [...]
By Jamie Liebzeit. My child Kameron, will be nine this October 2010! He’s beautiful, funny, caring, compassionate, smart, loving, and sociable, loves pets, is full of energy and happens to be on the autism spectrum called PDD/NOS. Unfortunately, Kameron also has a number of other issues like ADHD, ODD, Learning Disabilities, Anxiety, Asthma, [...]
Meet Piper. To anyone who doesn’t know her, they may think she is like any other pre-schooler, but she isn’t. Piper has Autism and Sensory Perception Disorder. We noticed the changes started when she turned 18 months old, at which point she began acting deaf.
She is currently in speech therapy and we partake in activities [...]
Wrestle Against Autism was started in 2008 and is a joint venture between the Mad River Wrestling Officials Association and hosted by the Ohio State University.
The purpose of the tournament is to support the many families affected by Autism and to raise awareness about the disorder.
The inaugural Wrestle Against Autism in 2008 consisted [...]
Mason Ohler is a fun, energetic, and friendly child who will be attending kindergarten in the fall. Mason was born in September 2004 and everything was wonderful, he was a sweet quiet baby. But in November 2006 Mason’s life was changed.
He was only a little over two years old when he had his first [...]
Two-and-a-half-year-old brothers Jackson (above) and Denver (right) Burkhart need a very special service dog, for entirely different but equally compelling reasons.
Denver is a friendly little guy who spends all of his time while up alone in his own world looking for sensory input. He is a sensory seeker and it takes a ton [...]
