This is a guest post on the EasyStand Blog by Joan Celebi of Special Needs Parent Coach. As parents of children with special needs, one of the toughest challenges we face is lack of sleep. Staying up late trying to keep up with massive to-do lists. Getting up during the night with children with [..}
Special Needs Families: Nine Dinnertime Strategies that Work
by on November 10, 2009
This is a guest post on the EasyStand Blog by Joan Celebi of Special Needs Parent Coach. As parents, we know dinnertime's important. We want to serve well-balanced, tasty meals, and we want to spend quality time as a family. Yet it can be a challenge for busy moms and dads to pull this off [..}
Special Needs Families: 10 Tips for Easier, Happier Mornings
by on October 27, 2009
This is a guest post on the EasyStand Blog by Joan Celebi of Special Needs Parent Coach. I'm often asked whether I follow my own advice -- whether I use the Overwhelmed No More! systems and strategies in my own life. The answer is a big YES! Mornings are a good example. Several years ago, I'd had [..}
Special Needs Families: Bedtime Strategies for Kids
by on October 6, 2009
This is a guest post on the EasyStand Blog by Joan Celebi of Special Needs Parent Coach. What's bedtime like in your family? Years ago, when I dreamed of one day becoming a mom, I had visions of an easy, orderly, effortless bedtime routine that my kids would follow cheerfully. Bedtime would be a [..}
Standing Strong
by on September 29, 2009
I haven’t stood on my own power since August 25th, 1993. That’s 16 years and 2 weeks give or take. And while assisted standing isn’t pure unadulterated, like running through the grass or posing for an artist standing, my EasyStand 2400 stander does get me on my feet. If it wasn’t for this [..}
What Improvements for SCI are Here and Now (What is Right Around the Corner?)
by on September 15, 2009
Unite 2 Fight Paralysis and the Sam Schmidt Paralysis Foundation brought together Neuro scientists, The National Institute of Health, physicians and people with a spinal cord injury, to look at the latest research for repair or improved function of the spinal cord at the Working 2 Walk Symposium in [..}
Standing Up to ALS
by on August 20, 2009
A standing program can help people with ALS and the people that care for them. Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or Lou Gehrig's disease, is a progressive motor neuron disease causing muscle weakness and atrophy throughout the body. This is the definition, but not everyone fits the definition. [..}
MS Achievement Center Goes Above and Beyond Standing
by on July 30, 2009
A couple weeks ago, I had the pleasure of going to a photo shoot at the Fairview MS Achievement Center in St. Paul, Minnesota. I anticipated that it would be a different experience than our typical photo shoots at schools or rehab centers, and it was. It was really neat to get the tour of their [..}
My Art II Independence is a Service Dog!
by on July 20, 2009
This is a guest post on the EasyStand Blog by Rhonda Clark, who has Cerebral Palsy. Independence has always been a big deal and very important to me being the person that I am. Until I was matched with my first service dog, Art II from Canine Companions for Independence, I really didn't [..}
Summer’s here! Are you taking care of your skin?
by on July 16, 2009
This is a guest post on the EasyStand Blog by Tiffiny Carlson, blogger and quadriplegic. Summertime can bring forth dozens of unique skin issues for full-time wheelchair-users. From heat rashes to sun burns, we need to be more vigilant now than ever before. Skin is by far one of the most [..}
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