Epilepsy – The seizures can be controlled
Different and unique conditions afflict us as human beings. Some are difficult to grasp, especially when they are lifelong conditions that require complete awareness and specifities to lifestyle change. One example is epilepsy. As parents, we must aquire and understand this neurological condition when it affects our children, and instill tools and mechanisms to cope with the fits and seizures from as early as is plausible, in their lives.
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Have you ever seen a glow stick? A glow stick is a plastic tube with a glass vial inside it. For the glow stick to work, you have to snap the stick. When you snap the stick you break the glass vial inside. This action allows the chemicals that are inside the glass to react…
Read MoreAutism Mom Diary – Part 3: Shopping with your autistic child
Dear Fellow Autism Mum, Shopping with your autistic child. This is from one autism soldier to another… I am writing to let you know that I noticed you in the supermarket today… Am not sure if you saw us – my son and I – but I saw you. I saw you and I saw your child.…
Read MoreAutism Mom Diary – Part 2: Useful lessons for an autism mom or dad
“Useful lessons for an autism mom or dad” My son is excited to be amongst people but people are not quite so excited to be around him. I am an autism mom and crowds scare me. Queues simply terrify me. This doesn’t happen to me when I am alone mind you……No. Only when my son…
Read MoreCerebral Palsy – Living one day at a time…
My mum had a normal pregnancy. And all was well Until my birth. My mum was mis-diagnosed. And went through prolonged labour. I suffered lack of oxygen. Causing DAMAGE to my brain.
Read MoreLost autistic child – how to mitigate flight risk
A friend recently posted on Facebook about a scare she had when she could not find her daughter. It was a case of a lost autistic child. “Find her daughter” is putting it lightly; her autistic 6 year old had actually disappeared. Turns out hours later, she had followed some kids home and being non-verbal had…
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