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Cerebral Palsy

Heightened Awareness

February is Jewish Disability Awareness and Inclusion month. The month is a unified effort among Jewish organizations worldwide to bring awareness and encourage inclusion of people with disabilities and special needs. According the WHO, about 15% of the world’s population lives with some form of disability – that’s about one billion people. The Jewish community experiences disability like any other group of people. While individual Jewish communities have certainly done their part to bring ...
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Cerebral Palsy, Parenting

Game On

First grade is a big deal. I remember my first day. I remember what I wore – a cranberry sweater vest with a button-down shirt underneath. Thanks Mom. I remember what my Dad said when he walked downstairs and saw me with my books, all ready to go – Joe Cool. I guess sweater vests were cool, I still don’t know who Joe is though. But I was ready. I had the distinct feeling of growing up and I liked it. This was big kid business, and I was all business. I walked into my classroom and was ...
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Cerebral Palsy, Parenting

Relentless Commitment

In the first year of Amichai’s life, he had one PT session and one OT session a week. I was given homework to do in the interim – daily stretches and exercises that worked to strengthen his right side. Here’s the thing with me and homework – I have always done my homework. I have always done the task I was assigned because I believed it would help me get better at whatever I was trying to achieve. I studied hard, I didn’t cut class, and I did my homework. I did the same with sports. I ...
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Cerebral Palsy, Parenting

Onwards

We have been living in a bubble. Six years. When Amichai was one, he entered a day care program that took care of all his needs – PT, OT, speech therapy, not to mention a watchful and caring staff that worked with us to set lofty goals. When he was three, he marched himself upstairs to start the pre-kindergarten program. When he was five, he ran from the right end of the hallway to the left end of the hallway to start kindergarten. At every stage – the same watchful and caring staff at our ...
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Cerebral Palsy, Parenting

Clearing The Way

I heard a new parenting term the other day – snowplowing… you know, like clearing the way. Any obstacle that comes into your kid’s path – bust out the snowplow and smooth the way, ensuring an easy open path to success. I got a good laugh from that. My general approach to life is the opposite. Leave the obstacles – we learn from them, we grow from them, we become better because of them. I’m not saying to add extra, or to ask for more – but whatever is put in front you – ya, lean in. ...
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