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Ten Things Every Child With Autism Wishes You Knew
By Ellen Notbohm
Seeing the world from the perspective of a child with autism helps bridge gaps in communication and understanding. |
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Neurodiversity?
By Rabbi Shmuel Abramson, Ed.D.
Contemporary thinkers are loathe to classify any disability as a problem, preferring to lump the neurotypical and the challenged together. The Torah demands a more realistic approach. |
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Songs of Gratefulness
By Yoseffa Chana (Josephine) Basher
A foster family praying for a child of their own receives a special gift. |
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Take Your Child Home and Love Him
By Esther Cohen
Even as parents grasp at straws when searching for treatments and cures, they must keep some basic values in mind. |
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Baruch, Our Special Child
By Sara Rosenfeld
A mother’s story of hope and inspiration in the face of her son’s exceedingly difficult medical and mental disabilities. |
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Person First, Disability Later
By Robin Meltzer
Down Syndrome does not define a child, nor does it exempt her from playing a role in klal yisrael. |
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Meeting Jason
By R. Rosenfeld
A wheelchair-bound community leader inspires by example. |
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A Glimpse into the Garden of Eden
By Dr. Stuart Ditchek, MD.
A medical doctor reflects on the lessons he’s learned at Camp Simcha. |
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Against All Odds
By Chaya Minkowitz
A woman with CP looks back at the challenges and triumphs as she struggled to keep up with her ‘normal’ classmates in school. |
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Mommy and Child Go to the Hospital
By Esther Cohen
Practical advice from a mother who’s spent far too many nights in the hospital at her child’s bedside. |
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Limited
By Leah Hurwitz
Our children can shine in so many ways that limitations aren’t even noticeable. |
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