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Tweet About Abortion- Expect People To Have Reactions

Posted in Advocating for special needs, Education, Faith, Fame, Impact, Remembering, Threats, Twitter, abortion, adoption, anti-abortion, authorities, baby, birth, children, communication, controversy, crime, danger, death, emotions, expectations, family, fathers, kids, legal, life, media, medicine, mental and physical health, micro media (social networking), micro media (social networking), news, observations, opinion, persuasion, pregnancy, publicity, relationships, respect, sex, special needs, spiritual, support, values on Mar 1st, 2010

Social media opens the door to conversations about what is acceptable to share online and what limitations should be applied. Do people expect support or controversial reactions?

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Pet Ownership Can Improve Your Life

Posted in Advocating for special needs, Impact, animals, awareness, cancer, charitable organizations, children, comfort, commitment, compassion, disease, elderly, emotions, encouragement, finances, friendship, health, illness, inspiration, kids, life, loneliness, love, mental and physical health, observations, of connections, pets, relationships, responsibility, service, sickness, special needs, stress, support, well-being on Oct 27th, 2009

Pet ownership can improve the quality of life for the elderly, disabled, or those struggling with a chronic illness or disease. Pets can teach responsibility and improve a person’s health.

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National Emergency Preparedness Month-Are You Ready?

Posted in Impact, Threats, animals, authorities, awareness, baby, children, comfort, communication, danger, disaster, disease, elderly, emergency, family, government, health, help, ideas, illness, law enforcement, medicine, mental and physical health, military, news, observations, organizations for special needs, parenting, pets, power, responsibility, safety, schools, service, special needs, stress, television, trauma, utility companies, violence, water shortage, weather, well-being on Sep 23rd, 2009

September is National Emergency Preparedness Month; there are things you can do to prepare for an emergency with your family’s survival in mind. Are you ready?

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Communication Through Sign Language Opens Doors And Bridges Gaps

Posted in Advocating for special needs, Blogging, Business, Education, Uncategorized, adoption, authorities, authors, awareness, baby, baby boomers, children, communication, elderly, family, parenting, school, service, special education, special needs on Sep 5th, 2009

This interview with Louise Sattler discusses communication through sign language and how it opens doors and bridges gaps in communities.

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This Is The Definition Of Love

Posted in Advocating for special needs, Beauty, Celebration, Descriptive Words, Dreams, Faith, Fun, Heart, Impact, Passion, Twitter, accomplishments, attitude, awareness, baby, birth, children, commitment, communication, compassion, confidence, courage, emotions, encouragement, environment, expectations, family, fathers, giving, goals, happiness, help, hero, inspiration, joy, kids, leadership, life, love, loyalty, mental and physical health, mentoring, observations, of connections, opinion, parenting, patience, personal development, power, pregnancy, purpose, relationships, service, special needs, spiritual, sports, success, support on Aug 20th, 2009

This video powerfully shows the definition of the word love. It is about sacrifice, commitment, service, giving, relationships.

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Sign Language To Communicate And Strengthen Relationships

Posted in Advocating for special needs, Amazing, Business, Creating, Frustration, Heart, Impact, Opportunities, Passion, Twitter, accomplishments, adoption, awareness, baby, birth, children, coaching, commitment, communication, compassion, encouragement, family, fetal alcohol spectrum disorders, foster parenting, grandchildren, grandparents, health, help, hospital, hospitals, leadership, learning, life, medical, mental and physical health, news, observations, of connections, organizations for special needs, parenting, patience, pregnancy, relationships, special needs, support, well-being, words, writing for children on Jul 31st, 2009

Louise Sattler has created a DVD for young children and babies to communicate with others through sign language. It is bi-lingual and benefits people with or without disabilities.

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National Fragile X Awareness Day-July 22, 2009

Posted in Advocating for special needs, Education, Impact, awareness, birth, charitable organizations, charity, children, communication, compassion, culture, giving, health, help, kids, learning, life, media, medical, mental and physical health, news, observations, organizations for special needs, parenting, physician, pregnancy, publicity, special needs on Jul 19th, 2009

July 22, 2009 is National Fragile X Awareness Day. Fragile X is a grouping of a variety of genetic disorders that affects more than 1 million Americans & many others around the world.

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Recruiting People With Multiple Disabilities For The Military

Posted in Education, Frustration, Impact, Opportunities, Patriotism, abuse, armed forces, authorities, commitment, compassion, crime, danger, emotions, encouragement, environment, expectations, failure, family, finances, friendship, future, hero, history, home, leadership, learning, legal, life, medical, mental and physical health, military, news, observations, of connections, opinion, organizations for special needs, pain and misery, parenting, power, protect, relationships, respect, responsibility, safety, school, schools, service, special needs, stress, well-being on Jul 18th, 2009

A recruiter is accused of signing up a young man, with multiple disabilies, to the Marine Corps. Is it appropriate to encourage those ill equipped for full service to sign up for the military?

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Save The World One Child At A Time

Posted in Advocating for special needs, Education, Heart, Heart to heart, Impact, MONEY, Opportunities, Teen Pregnancy, birth, charitable organizations, charity, children, comfort, commitment, communication, compassion, culture, economy, elderly, emotions, family, finances, future, giving, goals, grandchildren, health, help, home, hopes, inspiration, kids, leadership, life, medical, mental and physical health, observations, organizations for special needs, pain and misery, parenting, personal development, poverty, power, responsibility, safety, school, schools, service, special needs, success, support, talent, teens, values, well-being on May 4th, 2009

      The world is a big wonderful place full of interesting people, places to go and exciting things to do.  However, for those who are stuck in the cycle of poverty and need…the world is often a place that seems full of promise; only to others, who are blessed with the resources to go, do [...]

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Advocacy For Youth-How Can You Help?

Posted in Advocating for special needs, Business, Dreams, Education, Faith, Fame, Frustration, Fun, Impact, MONEY, Models, Opportunities, Uncategorized, accomplishments, career, celebrity, charitable organizations, children, coaching, commitment, communication, compassion, competition, confidence, culture, emotions, encouragement, failure, family, finances, friendship, future, giving, goals, help, hopes, inspiration, kids, law enforcement, leadership, learning, life, loneliness, loss, mental and physical health, mentoring, observations, of connections, organizations for special needs, parenting, personal development, poverty, power, relationships, religion, responsibility, school, service, special needs, success, support, talent, teens, values on May 3rd, 2009

        It has been becoming difficult for me to quietly sit back and not scream my frustration with people in a position of power who are not standing up for youth at risk of failure.  Whether you are a parent, a teacher, a mentor, a friend, social worker, counselor, tutor, a member of clergy, member of [...]

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