By Cameron & Jeremy’s mother
Cameron and Jeremy are very close in age. When they were adopted, I was unsure to what extent their prenatal drug exposure would affect their lives. As the years pass, their difficulties are being revealed!
Due to the drug exposure, both boys suffered brain damage. Cameron was diagnosed with Sensory [...]
Monday morning, my brother, David Crook, friend Martha Retallick, and I, went to the Phoenix Zoo. We had a wonderful time.
Retallick recently published a book, Bike-tography. “When I was in my early twenties,” she says, “I set the goal of bicycling through all 50 of the United States. I accomplished this over a twelve-year period, [...]
The four youngest Wynkoop children have DOWN SYNDROME. They are a joy and a challenge! They live with many medical needs.
In addition, Ella has classic non-verbal AUTISM and Joel is also on the spectrum. It’s become hard for the family to go out because they never know how long Ella will hold a hand [...]
By Mary Kaley
Drew Kaley is super-affectionate, highly energetic, and very smart. He can spell, read, count to a hundred, sign about seventy words, and he’s only four years old.
But he can’t use words to communicate. He has a form of Autism called Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD), and he needs a friend to help him stay [...]
By Leanna Hatfield, Malachai’s Mother
Our fun loving very energetic son, Malachai, is in need of a service dog to help calm, modify behaviors, keep him safe when out in public and to help him through the challenges of having Autism and seizure disorder.
Malachai was born June 15th, 2001. He was always a very joyful, happy [...]
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by Jeff Irwin
We have boy/girl twins who were adopted from Russia when they were 10 months old: Jacob Irwin and Jamin Irwin, age 12. We suspected there would be issues as they were born 10 weeks premature. Both are smart, fun-loving, silly kids.
Jacob’s challenges were apparent early on. Jamin’s challenges were not as obvious in [...]
By Kathleen Gerlach
My name is Kathleen Gerlach, and I am married to an incredible man named Jeremy. We have three children: Ally 5, Andy 3, and Alex 2. I knew something was off even when I was pregnant with Ally. I threw up constantly, and I just felt “off.”
Ally was born two weeks early [...]
Guest post by by Alicia Low
I’m writing to ask for your help funding a service dog for my special-needs son.
Ryan is a three-year-old boy who loves swimming, hugging, running and playing. About one year ago, I began to notice that he was not speaking and acted out aggressively when over-stimulated. Leaving the house became a [...]
