Jessica is Amazing, Hilarious, Bright, Brave, and the light of my life. She is also a four-year-old little girl who was born with Down Syndrome, Visual Impairment, Hypotonia, and Severe Congenital Heart Defects. Jessica has faced several obstacles, but there are many more to come in her life. We would do anything to make these [...]
Hi, my name is Benjamin Babboni, and I was selected to receive a multipurpose service dog from 4 Paws for Ability. 4 Paws is a wonderful non-profit organization that places service dogs with kids with disabilities. My goal is to help raise $13,000 on behalf of 4 Paws for Ability so they may [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
My name is Laurie, and I am a mother of an eight-year-old girl, Geneva Powell.
She was diagnosed at age four with ADHD and mood disorder. More recently, she was diagnosed with anxiety and pervasive developmental disorder (PDD). She also has sensory issues. And meltdowns interfere with daily life.
She is a very friendly and [...]
