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Understanding Sibling Issues

Raising a child with a disability or chronic illness poses many challenges. Some of these challenges focus on the relationship between the siblings in the family. These crucial relationships are examined in this article.

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Bandaides And Blackboards
By: Renata Bursten, Dragonfly Staff


This is a site about growing up with medical problems of all types. Has sections for kids, teens and adults.



Bandaides and Blackboards helps people understand what it's like, from the perspective of the children and teens to grow up with a medical problem.
,These kids have become experts at coping with problems that most have never heard of. They'd like you to know how they do it. The content is divided into three parts; one for kids, one for teens, and one for adults. The adult section offers especially good information for parents coping with a child's hospital stay.

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Bead Mazes perfect for children with Down Syndrome or Visual Impairments

Learning only happens when a child is interested enough to WANT to participate. Bead mazes teach a huge variety of skills. (cognitive, motor, perceptual, and language) but their true strength is the excellent play value kids find in these open-ended toys. This style is best for children with mild to moderate fine motor delays, and is especially suitable for low vision and blind children.

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