by Kristy Miller | Jun 12, 2023 | Advocacy, Awareness, Development, Disability, Family, Physical Therapy
Parents-to-be spend months if not years envisioning what their new family will look like and all the things they will do together. Should the child be born with special needs the parents begin learning about a life that they didn’t know would be theirs. Doctors...
by Kristy Miller | Mar 6, 2023 | 8p, Advocacy, Awareness, CHARGE, Hydranencephaly, IGF-1R, Joubert Syndrome, Kabuki, Noonan Syndrome, Smith-Kingsmore, Syndrome
February 28th is Rare Disease Day. It is a day that brings awareness to the over 30 million people in the US and over 300 million people worldwide living with a rare disease. A rare disease in the United States is defined as one that affects less than 200,000 people....
by Kristy Miller | Aug 29, 2022 | ASD, Autism, Awareness, Development
This post provides information about what Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) may look like in some children and when parents might want to seek more advice in supporting their children. Any time a child receives a diagnosis it changes things. But caregivers need to...
by Kristy Miller | Jun 19, 2022 | Awareness, Cytomegalovirus, Deaf, Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy, Speech Therapy, Visually Impaired
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) is a virus which not many people have heard of. However, nearly 1 in 3 children are infected by age five and by 40, over 50% of adults carry the virus. Many newborns with Congenital Cytomegalovirus (cCMV) are born without symptoms. These...
by Kristy Miller | May 30, 2022 | Awareness, Cystic Fibrosis, Exercise
May is Cystic Fibrosis (CF) Awareness month. Cystic Fibrosis is a disorder caused by a genetic mutation that impacts a protein involved in the production of mucus, sweat, and digestive enzymes. Symptoms can revolve around difficulties with breathing due to thickened...
by Kristy Miller | May 3, 2022 | Awareness, Deaf, Hearing, Sign Language, Speech Therapy
Every year we spend the month of May raising awareness of the challenges those with communication difficulties have and celebrating the speech therapists who help make their lives better. Speech Therapists (STs), also called Speech Language Pathologists (SLPs), play...
