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pediatric stroke

Things Parents of HemiKids Never Imagined They’d Say

July 27, 2015 By Lola Lolita

HemiKids are those afflicted by hemiparesis or hemiplegia.  Children with hemiparesis suffer from weakness on one side of their bodies, which makes using limbs, hands, and feet difficult.  Children with hemiplegia suffer from immobility on one side of their bodies, which makes moving limbs, hands, and feet nearly, if not entirely, impossible. There are several […]

Filed Under: Humor, Parenting, Special Needs Tagged With: childhood hemiparesis, childhood hemiplegia, hemikids, parents of hemikids, pediatric stroke, special needs humor

How to Talk to Your Kids About People with Disabilities

August 20, 2014 By Lola Lolita

[nextpage title=”Page 1″ ] The other day, a friend reached out to me to get advice about how she should approach talking with her children about people with disabilities. As her children were getting older, they were starting to notice subtle differences in people they saw in public, and my friend wanted to make sure […]

Filed Under: Health, Parenting, Special Needs Tagged With: cerebral palsy, hemiparesis, how to talk about disabilities, how to teach kids about disabilities, pediatric stroke, talking about disabilities, teaching about disabilities

When Should I Tell My Son He Has Special Needs?

August 12, 2014 By Lola Lolita

When Should I Tell My Son He Has Special Needs?

[nextpage title=”Page 1″ ] Parents of children with special needs have many fears, from concerns that their child’s prognosis isn’t good to worries about being able to fit in all required doctor and therapy visits. But there is one fear that isn’t like the rest — one fear that isn’t easily addressed with scientific knowledge […]

Filed Under: Health, Parenting, Special Needs Tagged With: cerebral palsy, childhood disability, children with disabilities, pediatric stroke, special needs parenting, teaching kids about disabilities

Advice for Parents Beginning the Special Needs Journey

June 23, 2014 By Lola Lolita

“Your child has _____.”  These are words no parent ever wants to hear.  It doesn’t matter whether the diagnosis is Autism Spectrum Disorder or cancer; the flood of emotions is intense and raw and sometimes debilitating. I know because I’ve been through it.  Every painful, nightmarish step toward acceptance.  I’ve been through it all. When […]

Filed Under: Health, Parenting, Special Needs Tagged With: advice for parents of children with special needs, parenting special needs children, pediatric stroke, special needs advice

I Cry for My Son

May 16, 2014 By Lola Lolita

I cry for my son.  Not always, of course, but enough. I first cried for my son just hours after his birth when he quit breathing, the cause of which was unknown until doctors ran a battery of tests and discovered he had suffered a stroke in utero that was causing seizure-induced apnea.  When we […]

Filed Under: Parenting, Special Needs, SPM19 Tagged With: children with special needs, pediatric stroke, special needs, special needs parenting

Please Don’t Mention God and My Child with Special Needs at the Same Time

May 15, 2014 By Lola Lolita

When I became a parent to a child with special needs, I learned, among other things, that I had been saying the absolute wrongest things to people my entire life. As a self-admitted awkward person, I’m terrible when it comes to extending condolences and comforting people in their times of need.  Terrible.  And I’ve discovered […]

Filed Under: Life, Parenting, Special Needs, SPM19 Tagged With: comforting special needs parents, pediatric stroke, special needs, special needs children

Confession: I Can’t Help But Compare My Son to Other Kids With His Disability

July 8, 2013 By Lola Lolita

This is a weird post to write.  I know some who read this will think I’m crazy or unstable or selfish or insensitive (all accusations I’ve received in comments on posts about motherhood or special needs parenting before, believe it or not).  Despite this, I know there are others who will be able to relate.  […]

Filed Under: Health, Parenting, Special Needs Tagged With: cerebral palsy, comparing kids with special needs, hemiparesis, pediatric stroke, special needs parenting

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