The holidays can be a hard time for families of children with special needs. Running around to visit family, often toting extra supplies with you, talking about the realities our children face and playing the never-ending comparison game when being around other children all adds up to extra stress. Add that to the extra to-do list of holiday shopping, cooking […]
When Scott and I decided to move to Los Angeles over three years ago we weren’t too sure about what to expect. It was scary and unknown. What we found were the some of the best therapeutic & medical resources in the country and a village of other families just like our own. Families who could relate perfectly to our […]
HIE is tricky. There is a vast spectrum of outcomes, no two injuries present that same way, and for many, you won’t know how HIE fully affects a child until they are much older because of how brains develop. For some, it will be obvious in the first few months, for others, it may take years until they reach school […]
There’s a famous poem that circulates often within the special needs community called “Welcome to Holland”. Many of our families find solace in that poem, and many do not, and a few have created their own. Here’s Nick Burton’s version, “Welcome to the Island”. When you’re going to have a baby, it’s like planning a fabulous vacation trip—to Italy. You […]
HIE (Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy) is one of the leading causes of Infantile Spasms, a rare but potentially catastrophic form of epilepsy. In 2019, Hope for HIE was invited to join the Infantile Spasms Action Network to collaborate with other patient groups, researchers and clinicians to move forward research and awareness so patient populations can be educated on what IS looks like and […]
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