http://www.ossweb.com Writing, editing, photography, technology, and Web development for small businesspeople Mon, 23 Jan 2012 03:52:11 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en By Kai's Parents Our three year old and wonderfully vivacious little boy, Kai, hopes to receive a service dog from 4 Paws for Ability. Kai was officially diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder in April of 2011. However, we have been well aware almost since his conception that Kai was a unique ... http://www.ossweb.com/little-kai-needs-autism-service-dog-for-calming-and-tracking.html Since I'm now the proud owner of an iPad2, I've spent some time exploring the apps and settings. I noticed that when I sent a message to anyone, the sig line included my default for gmail, and also the words, "Sent from my iPad." I thought about it, and wondered why ... http://www.ossweb.com/how-to-remove-sent-from-my-ipad-from-your-ipad.html By Lisette Tackitt Carter James Tackitt is a six-year-old who has lived with autism most of his life. He has been diagnosed with autism, has delayed speech, incoherent babbling, stemming/arm flapping, and lack of eye contact. Carter's Autism has been very isolating. He has no sense of danger: escaping/wandering ... http://www.ossweb.com/carter-needs-autism-service-dog-to-track-stabilize-and-love.html http://www.ossweb.com/riveting-story-of-bright-autistic-girl.html Guest Post by Justino Cabarles, Principal I (On detail at Reg'l Planning Office) at DepEd Region V, Philippines How important is education to a grade school pupil? Riza V. Abaño never met American educator Horace Mann, but she lives the philosophy of Mann, who once said that a person doesn’t reach ... http://www.ossweb.com/despite-difficulties-riza-v-abano.html By Nicole DeZarn The DeZarn family needs your help to get a service dog. We have four children, one biological child and three children we adopted from foster care. All three have special needs. Our service dog will be trained to help all three of these children. When we started the process ... http://www.ossweb.com/three-siblings-needs-special-service-dog.html Two mothers of special needs children founded this remarkable nonprofit agency to help families by raising money for adaptive equipment not covered by health insurance. The Safety Sleeper™ from Heiko Spallek on Vimeo. http://www.ossweb.com/fund-it-forward.html By Angela Ward Margaret Ward was born in January, 2002. She turned 10 years old in January of 2012. We discovered that Maggie had medical issues at birth. She spent 5 weeks in the NICU with breathing and eating issues. She was given a G-Tube and afterwards ... http://www.ossweb.com/autism-service-dog-will-help-maggie-in-every-area-of-life.html By Patty Caudle I have a seven-year-old son, Joshua Caudle with severe Autism and ADHD. I learned that there was something wrong with my son when he was just a couple of months old. He didn't smile or respond to any stimulation. I took him in to the doctors but ... http://www.ossweb.com/joshua-needs-service-dog-to-track-and-help-with-social-issues.html By Carter's mother, Cristy Barr When our son, Carter Paul Scott, was 13 months old, he went into respiratory arrest, and was on a vent for five days. Then in August 2010 Carter suffered a severe developmental and behavioral regression where the following began taking place: Began tip toe walking. Lost all ... http://www.ossweb.com/little-carter-needs-a-service-dog-that-tracks-comforts-and-more.html