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Careers for Helping Individuals with Disabilities

Exceptional Blog 11/08/2018 publisher

Some healthcare professionals enjoy the privilege of making a positive difference in the lives of emotionally, developmentally, mentally and physically disabled people. In academic settings, for example, special needs teachers nurture a supportive environment that enhances the educational experience of disabled learners. Entry-level disability specialists may find employment in administrative positions or at special needs schools, rehabilitation centers or mental health facilities. Read on to learn about 4 rewarding professions that involve working with disabled […]

Forgetting Milestones and Learning to Measure Progress…a New Way of Thinking! #TravelingWithAutism

Exceptional Blog 10/25/201810/25/2018 publisher

By Mary Ellen Bogucki For a long time we didn’t travel or take vacations. From a very young age, my daughter, Bree hated car rides. The minute the car started moving, she would cry. It took us years before we learned she had Autism and sensory issues. Her vestibular sense was affected and movement was a problem for her. The biggest mistake we made was when we decided to stop at a waterpark on our […]

On Being Normal

Exceptional Blog 10/15/2018 publisher

by Carey Handley Last week, for the second time in my daughter’s 24 years, she asked me why she couldn’t be Normal. Having been through this conversation half her life ago, I was able to reach into what’s left of my memory and recollect what it was I had told her the first time. My daughter was 12 the first time this particular subject came up and I had been completely unprepared for this discussion. […]

But today I cry

Exceptional Blog 10/01/2018 admin

by Tulika Prasad Those who know me think, as a mom of a child with autism, I’m generally positive in my outlook. I would like to believe that is true. However, in me hides a realist–not to be confused with a pessimist. The realist me rears its head every now and then and I kick it back in, hoping it will stay there defeated and quiet. But some days it bounces back with so much […]

Forgetting Milestones and Learning to Measure Progress…a New Way of Thinking! #FindingtheRightTherapy

Exceptional Blog 09/27/201809/26/2018 admin

  By Mary Ellen Bogucki I have found that the most important thing I could ever do for my daughter, Bree, was find her the right therapy. Before Bree was born I had never heard of sensory processing disorder. I knew of Autism, but my knowledge was very limited and sadly most of it came from what I saw in the movie “Rainman”. For the first five years of Bree’s life we were repeatedly told […]