Teaching sign language to kids with Down syndrome is common. So I know this opinion may ruffle some feathers. But I believe there that may be a negative side to teaching sign language. Particularly to the extent that it is often used to replace verbal language for younger children with Down syndrome.
A few months back, I read the BEST simple explanation about thyroid function and why checking only TSH and T4 is not enough. Most importantly, why TSH and T4 alone may not be the right way to choose treatment if medication is needed.
Can you imagine a doctor showing up to surgery without knowing how to operate, but still going to the operating room to give it a good effort? That doctor simply operating and hoping for the best? As crazy as this sounds, this sort of medical care is what MANY mothers of children with Down syndrome face daily when taking their children to the pediatrician.
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After announcing all 36 Honor Roll Unified Champion Schools earlier this month, ESPN and Special Olympics recently announced the Top 5 Unified Champion Schools for 2020. Delaware: Postlethwait Middle School Iowa: Theodore Roosevelt High School Minnesota: University of Minnesota Twin…
One of my biggest obstacles growing up was the low expectations people put on me. My mom and I had to work all the time to show how capable I was at achieving goals and developing. My mom has always believed I had potential, and worked hard to bring that out. She wanted to bring out every gift and talent I had and knew it was going to be work, but it was so worth it.
After having my son Lennox, I started to pay lots of attention to the products we used at home and WOW! Lots and lots of toxins that we were inhaling all the time. When you add our little girl, Mara, to the equation – given that kids with Down syndrome may have oxidative stress which is a decreased ability to detoxify – it was a MUST to get rid of all toxins at home.
This post was originally posted by Dr. Becky Kennedy on her Instagram account, and we thought many of our readers would benefit from learning about this. How many times, as a parent, have you thought that your child was “fake crying”? Well, keep reading, because we may be very wrong about how we are interpreting what our child is doing during those episodes.
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