by Maria Crassas, an educator, special needs mom, and health advocate. In her own words: “I am blessed with a son who has Down syndrome and autism.” As she perused her son’s IEP report, she had an insight, which she shares here. (My son is more than this IEP report.) And then she thought about her students and their parents. Read what Maria shares with them, from her heart, in her post.
It really is this simple. The British state has decided that it is the baby’s best interest to die, and it is trying to ensure that he dies expeditiously. It is overriding parental rights in the process.
The law never envisaged the situations we are now seeing, where the NHS wishes to terminate care and the law is used to stop the parents from seeking other solutions – usually from overseas.
The British National Health Service responds by refusing therapy anywhere in the country to Ashya; the parents have to take him to Spain for that. The NHS Retaliates by refusing Ashya King Therapy
The following blog post is a conversation about the book between Charlotte Riggle and Summer Kinard, A brief summary description would not do the book justice, and these ladies provide a substantial commentary on Everything Tells Us About God:
The discoveries this article relates provide answers for parents with children who have SPD, and, Lord willing, to some ways of dealing with the challenges these children face.
Two You Tube Videos for an introduction to Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD):
NOTE: Dr. Eric Carter is not affiliated with LDS or Brigham Young University; he first studied at Wheaton College and now is a Professor in the Department of Special Education at Vanderbilt University. He has concentrated his efforts toward the inclusion of people with disability in Churches, and while not an Orthodox Christian, has a lot of good insights that could be put into practice in Orthodox Christian Parishes. The following resource is fairly short and simple, summarizing the major themes he has found to be most helpful:
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