Every week, the Special Needs Blog Week in Review gives you a quick description of each of the blogs that appeared on here in the past seven days. This is a good way to catch up on whatever you may have missed, or on blogs that you wanted to read but ran out of time for.
The Special Needs Podcast Roundup went up on February 27, 2012. This week, I would like to point out an episode from the Hold the Gluten podcast that is titled: “Pizza Perfection”. It talks about a place that makes delicious gluten-free pizzas. As a person who is allergic to gluten, trust me when I tell you that it isn’t easy to find good gluten-free pizzas.
Teen With Cancer Gets Date With Taylor Swift
An eighteen year old high school student, named Kevin McGuire, has leukemia. He was worried that no one would want to go to prom with him, (due to effects of the chemotherapy). His sister created a Facebook page to see if she could get Taylor Swift to go to prom with Kevin. Instead, Taylor Swift invited him to be her date for the ACM awards.
Eleven Year Old With Hypertrichosis is Happy An eleven year old girl named Nat lives in Bangkok, Thailand. She has hypertrichosis, a rare disease that causes thick, dark, hair, to grow from her face. Despite this obvious difference from her peers, and being at an awkward age, she is happy. She is getting good grades, has friends, and loves who she is.
Teens with Chronic Fatigue Can Benefit From Online Therapy
It is somewhat unusual for teenagers to have Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, but it does happen. A study finds that teens that who participate in a form of online behavioral therapy are better able to cope with the severe fatigue that comes with this disorder than are teens who do in person therapy.
Firefighter Teaches How to Rescue People With Autism
A firefighter named Bill Cannata is the father of a twenty-one year old son who has autism. This gives Bill a unique perspective about how people with autism might react in a fire. He is teaching other first responders how to identify a person who has autism, and what unexpected reactions that person may have towards the firefighters who are trying to save him. The fire/rescue autism program has educated more than 15,000 first responders, so far.
Image by redstamp.com on Flickr