My son’s doctor told me that some children with allergies, seizures, heart ailments and etc may lose consciousness and need special treatment. So these children are given bracelets to wear on their wrists. There are also pendants and etc which bears the special logo of the medical alert.

Do look around and learn more about it because we may never know if those information will come in useful if we meet someone who need our help.

Some of the stories are so moving, it puts me to tears. After a dose of Chicken Soup, one does feel melancholy and wish to be angels like those people. Kind, generous, helpful, caring and never expect a word of thanks.

I found this website call Car Angel which I wish to share with readers. They are Car Donation ministries which help single mothers, orphans, homeless, teen and adult rehab, as well as prison reform. Basically, what they do is to co-ordinate cars donated by well-wishers and generous folks and then, donate them to deserving and needy parties who cannot afford their own cars. Nowadays, people may not get much from selling their old cars and hence, find it more meaningful to do a good cause.

Donate My Car? But why? Because it will help you with saving in tax. You will receive your IRS tax deduction. Now, isn’t that a good reason? You help someone and at the same time, you get a tax deduction. On top of that, the Car Angel Ministries will take care of some of the paperworks.

Car Donations have become the choice of a lot of people considering the amount of work one has to deal with if they dispose off their cars to used car dealers. Sometimes, one end up wasting a lot of time plus the stresses of putting up ads, finding willing buyers and getting rid of the car. So, this Car Angel help to solve that for you.

Car Angel Ministries provides partner charities from across the United States but you can also suggest the charity of your choice. These donated cars will be put to good use and certainly brighten up someone’s life.

I hope you will go over and learn more. If it compels you, please do share the link with your friends.

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Therefore, when I learnt about this handicap equipped vans, I am all in support of helping them to promote the kind of services their site provided. Disabled persons have every rights like us able-bodied and hence, should be given as much resources and facilities as possible.

I can imagined how much more freedom if a person can drive a van that has been modified for wheelchair bound persons. NGOs and those associations that have disabled persons as members will find this a great support. The site provide information on how to choose a van, the things to take into consideration and all the things we need to know. Therefore, if you know of anyone whom may benefit from getting a wheelchair accessible van, do pass on this information.

Though it is easy for the rest of the world to condemn their action, I suppose as parents, they are doing the best for their little girl.

Once, my housekeeper approached me to ask me to help her find a doctor to remove her daughter’s ovaries. She was severely handicapped, both physically and mentally. When she was about 14 years old, she started her mensuration. My housekeeper had to work full day, cleaning houses and offices to help finance the home. She cannot afford to stay home to take care of the girl all day. In the house, they have three other boys.

The girl will sometimes stripped off her clothings, smearing her faeces on the wall and when she had her period, it was really unpleasant. What with her siblings having their friends over to the house?

So, I called my ob-gynae from a missionary hospital in Penang. He told me that it is against their policy to remove the ovaries eventhough the girl is handicapped. He said the parents had to get a court order before they are permitted to do so.

Then, I approached another ob-gynae from a non-profit hospital. Thankfully, the ob-gynae could do it. The girl had an operation and she did not even feel any pain after the recovery. The parents was greatly relieved.

In times like these, I would put aside my moral obligations. I am a Catholic. Doing that is against my faith. But the family is not. I think of the family’s dilemma. There is the fear of the girl getting pregnant should she fell into some sicko’s hand when the parents aren’t there to protect her. Think of the mess and the discomforts her brothers will faced? They are the ones taking care of her when the parents are working. It is not ideal for them to handle a woman’s naked body if their sister had bloom into having breasts and periods.

So, if you ask me my opinions on little Ashley’s parents decision, I would say, “Parents know best. Leave them alone.”

As for the girl I mentioned, she had passed away a year ago after she choked on her own mucous. Yes, she can’t even cough to bring up her phlegm. Yes, people like us whom had never deal with a severely retarded person should not meddle with others’ decision.

MySpecialChildren.info is developed by a group of Malaysian Muslim parents with children of special needs eg. developmental delay, hyperactivity, autism, LD, ADD, ADHD or something similar.

The objective of this website is to share information about the special needs ie. parenting, emotional turbulence, treatment, education etc. with the hope that we could understand our children better, therefore do more to improve them.

Society can be cruel sometimes and dealing with the misconceptions is hard.  Moreover, helpful  information is also hard to come by.  Therefore, I hope MySpecialChild will be available to more parents in future.

One of the best tip I can give parents whose babies have to be admitted for phototherapy is to NOT LET THE CLINICAL ENVIRONMENT of the hospital threaten you. It looks hostile, I know. But forget about all the things there, just focus on your baby. Baby is in bed, keep him/her comfy. Get some musical toys, stay there to stroke and pat him/her, try to find something soft and cosy and put it close to your baby. How about a scarf that you wear around your neck so that it has your smell (newborn babies have good smell senses) and roll it up like a bolsters and place it next to baby.

Give the nurses dagger stares if they try to intimidate you. Be stubborn and insist you want the toys there, you want to be there and you must have the scarf there. Make sure it doesn’t cover the baby or else it defeats the purpose of phototherapy. Just place it near.

Most of the parents are usually too worked up taking in all the unnecessary things in the nursery and this passed on to your baby. Just relax, take it as a short break for you to be home without baby yet. Enjoy that few nights when you still get to sleep normally. And don’t forget to express your milk, 3 hourly, even during nights.

Pardon my cool stance, I had been in there for too long and observed too many people.

(taken from MyMomsBest forum)

I have an even longer sharing tips in MyLittleHeroes website. You can download the e-book I wrote here. Another one is my article published in The Star titled ‘In good hands‘.

I am sure other parents will find this article enlightening and will appreciate our situation more.

He is just like any other five-year-old – but unlike most of his peers Michael Gunstone has had to learn to look after himself as well as his mother.

She said: “I remember one time when Michael was about 10 months old and he was crawling along on the floor.

“I was on crutches at the time and I collapsed in a heap on the floor and my crutches went from under me. Michael laughed. He thought it was a game.

“So I laughed too and said ‘mummy’s sticks’. He crawled and pulled the crutches over to me.

“As time has gone on, I have seen him do more and more for me.”

Michael now helps his mother to the toilet and shower. He can fold and unfold her wheelchair and dismantle it to fit in the boot of a taxi.

“At night he will come into my room sometimes to check to see if I need to go to the toilet, and he will ask me if I have taken my tablets,” said Janine.

“As well as looking after me, he has learned to look after himself. If he falls he knows I cannot get to him, so he picks himself up and comes to me.

(more on BBC)