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Chicago Special Parent Summer 2011
On the cover: Red Kite Roundup is theater specially designed for kids with autism. Learn more in this issue's cover story.
Lights, camera, action!
Chicago Children's Theatre has created was a theater experience where kids on the spectrum are free to be who they are. Read
iPad apps eases anxiety at Shriners Hospital
Helping special-needs kids grieve
The magic of music
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La Rabida Children’s Hospital in Chicago helps parents fight rising diabetes rates
La Rabida, on the city's south side, is on the front lines of the diabetes epidemic in Chicago, with someone available 24 hours a day to help parents manage what can at times seem like an overwhelming disease. Read more...
Chicago fitness guru designs exercises to put kids with special needs on the move
More than half of the children with autism spectrum disorder Suzanne Gray sees are overweight, so the special needs fitness guru took action. Read more...
iPad apps eases anxiety at Shriners Hospital
Shriners Hospital for Children in Chicago is turning to the iPad to help reduce the fear and anxiety kids experience when facing tough medical procedures. Read more...
How to help your child with autism grieve
Provided by Nancy Grace, director of the Developmental Disabilities Clinic at the Kennedy Krieger Institute, and Shelly McLaughlin of Pathfinders for Autism, Pathfindersforautism.org. Read more...
Music therapy for kids with special needs works for some Chicago families
Music can help many kids with special needs better process the world around them. Read more...
Theater opportunities expanding for children with autism in Chicago
Chicago Children's Theatre has created was a theater experience where kids on the spectrum are free to be who they are. Read more...
Art support group helps parents of children with special needs
One Glenview mom began offering art classes for mothers of special needs children to help parents connect and enjoy some "me" time. Read more...
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Chicago boy carries message of epilepsy advocacy to Washington
Ideas for a day in the sun for kids with special needs
It’s particularly crucial for kids with disabilities to get out and get moving. Get started with these ideas to build a day of outdoor play. Read more...
Susan Axelrod shares her hope for a cure for epilepsy
Asperger's diagnosis in hand, Chicago family finds 'perfection'
Were we devastated by the news that our son has Asperger's? No, not at all. We were relieved. Read more...
Rising above disabilities, student thrives at Elmhurst College
After the lecture, I quickly raise my hand to go first in the presentations. Maneuvering my way to the front, I deliver my speech flawlessly. If I don't demand excellence out of myself, who will? Read more...
Double duty for Smurks
Those funny emoticons used on Facebook and Twitter are proving helpful with kids with autism. Read more...
