Apr 9, 2016 | Uncategorized
By Rachel Hoeing Hopefully you have all been able to dine at Winston-Salem’s PDQ restaurant located in the newest shopping center on the corner of Stratford Road and Harvey Street. PDQ stands for People Dedicated to Quality, and the restaurant surely lives up to...
Apr 4, 2016 | Uncategorized
By Guest Blogger Jessie Tucker Mitchell A couple of weeks ago, on one of those record-breaking warm March afternoons, I decided to take my baby for a run. (Okay: I ran downhill and walked uphill, but that’s beside the point.) While pausing at a redbud to let my...
Feb 9, 2016 | Uncategorized
By Guest Blogger Kelly Heritage, High School Counselor Perhaps thinking back upon your high school years stirs up nostalgia, fond thoughts of friends, fun, and days our adult-selves would certainly label “care-free.” Or maybe those adolescent years were so tumultuous,...
Dec 29, 2015 | Uncategorized
By Rachel Hoeing “The smiles on the kid’s faces during the game is priceless. There usually is not a dry eye in the stands when everyone sees these children having the time of their lives,” Debbie DeLoach, one of the founders of the Heroes League. Having a...
Dec 22, 2015 | Uncategorized
By Guest Blogger Ginger Shields, Director of Children’s Ministry Each month, West Market Street United Methodist Church in downtown Greensboro offers Nathaniel’s Hope Buddy Break to families in the Greensboro community. Buddy Break is a free kids program where...
Dec 2, 2015 | Uncategorized
By Guest Blogger Jessie Tucker Mitchell Some people are obsessed with Halloween, with candy, trick-or-treating, and costume parties; others adore Easter and its promise of springtime and warm weather. But my family? We love Christmas. We might not have the most...
Nov 28, 2015 | Uncategorized
By Guest Blogger Elizabeth Smith The first question other moms typically ask me when I tell them that my son has behavior problems, is “How did you know”? In the beginning it used to upset me, for it somehow held an accusation that I didn’t really know there was a...
Nov 3, 2015 | Uncategorized
By Guest Blogger Jessie Tucker Mitchell In many ways my 11 year old daughter is still very innocent, still very much a child. She would rather spend an hour at the playground than at the mall. Her closet doors are decorated with posters of kittens and puppies, and she...
Oct 27, 2015 | Uncategorized
By Guest Blogger Kathryn Sneed with Singing Though the Rain Last weekend we decided to drive an hour away to take my son on a train ride. My son is autistic and is just obsessed with trains. We thought it would be so much fun for him to ride a real train. And it was!...
Sep 21, 2015 | Uncategorized
By Guest Blogger Jessie Tucker Mitchell When our 17 month old son was prediagnosed with autism, my husband Robert and I were shocked. We had completely missed the signs – or rather, we had assumed they were caused by something else. Fletcher didn’t look when I pointed...
Aug 18, 2015 | Uncategorized
By Guest Blogger Jennifer A. Janes, author of the blog Jennifer A. Janes When I received my daughter’s diagnoses, various specialists told me what I needed to know: the diagnosis, what medications or therapies are needed to treat it, the prognosis, and places where I...
Jul 30, 2015 | Uncategorized
By Guest Blogger Sarah Scott What is a developmental delay? A developmental delay is when a child does not reach their developmental milestones at the expected times. Sometimes it can be an ongoing or major delay and sometime it is minor, yet still significant....
Feb 23, 2015 | Uncategorized
By Kerith Stull, author of brielleandme.net Maybe you’ve seen us at the grocery store and tried to avoid eye contact. Maybe your child has stared at us at the playground and didn’t know what to do. Maybe you’ve seen us at a PTA meeting, gave me a smile, but didn’t...
Jan 14, 2015 | Uncategorized
By Anonymous Today was a good day. Actually, it’s been a good week. Come to think of it, it’s been a good month. I might go so far as to say it’s been a great month. But what is a great month at our house might be quite different from a great month at yours. That...
Dec 6, 2014 | Uncategorized
By Kristen Bagwell When I was in 4th grade, a child in our class was classified ADD/ADHD. It was a relatively new diagnosis at the time, and seemed to be a very negative thing. “He needs drugs to keep him calm,” said a classmate, which didn’t make this poor child any...
Oct 15, 2014 | Uncategorized
By Guest Blogger Aprille Donaldson, author of the blog Beautiful in His Time A few months ago, I found myself sitting on a bench at Bolton Park, watching my 3-year-old play in the sand with the trucks I had brought along. Two moms entered the park with their children,...
Sep 10, 2014 | Uncategorized
By Guest Blogger Laura Laxton When you have a child with Down syndrome, you get used to a few things: hearing how happy and loving people with Down syndrome are; therapy (physical, speech-language, occupational); extra doctor visits; averted eyes or odd stares;...
Jul 5, 2014 | Uncategorized
By Guest Blogger Kristen Bagwell As part of our special needs series, I wanted to cover a topic that is familiar to many of us: Down Syndrome. While this diagnosis has been around for more than 100 years, great strides have been made in the past 10 years as far as...
Jun 9, 2014 | Uncategorized
By Lisa Tandan, author of the blog Alannah Annabelle: A micro-preemie adventure I have always considered myself to be ordinary. I assume that if something, whether good or bad, happens to a small number of people, I won’t be among them. I don’t expect to be in a...
May 11, 2014 | Uncategorized
Seeing Claire Danes win a Golden Globe Sunday night reminded me how much I loved the movie Temple Grandin. What a great segue to this week’s special needs topic, autism. Let’s start with a simple definition and go from there: Autism is a neurological...
Mar 14, 2014 | Uncategorized
By Deneane Davis, Academic Dean & Kori Mackall, Summer Program Director, The Piedmont School Most teachers will tell you that it often takes a month or two to help our students recover from their summer break. Most classrooms spend September reviewing skills...
Jun 13, 2013 | Uncategorized
By Felice Brenner, Chair, Board of Directors, ABC of NC Child Development Center ABC of NC Child Development Center is asking North Carolina lawmakers to right an unfortunate injustice this legislative session. Nearly 60,000 individuals with autism and their families...
Feb 18, 2013 | Uncategorized
By Felice Brenner with ABC of NC According to Angela Kelly, it took just a few weeks in the ABC of NC Summer Education Program to change her son Sam’s life forever “We decided to try ABC of NC for a little while in the summer and he just flourished there,” she said....
Dec 6, 2012 | Uncategorized
Sponsored by ABC of NC Increasingly, grandparents play an important role in the teaching and upbringing of their grandchildren. That’s why ABC of NC encourages grandparents to volunteer at the school for children with autism spectrum disorders. “Grandparents are...
Feb 13, 2012 | Uncategorized
Thatcher Davis has autism and a limited spoken vocabulary. But, with his iPad, he asks for chocolate milk, states that he’s bored in class, and tells his brothers that he wants to play a game. Thatcher, a student at ABC of NC Child Development Center, is part of a...
Feb 6, 2012 | Uncategorized
Did you know that this week is Congenital Heart Defect (CHD) Awareness Week? According to The Congenital Heart Information Network, CHD Awareness week is an annual effort to help educate the public about congenital heart defects. Participants include individuals,...
Jan 1, 2010 | Uncategorized
By Guest Blogger Charlie Brignac, Executive Director and Carolina Chapter President of Beautiful Lives Project Play on the Field with the High Point University Baseball Team On Wednesday April 29, people of all disabilities and of any age have the opportunity to play...
