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My friend Joanne and I were having dinner one night and I was telling her about another fiasco with my son’s services. She looked up from her meal and said, “You should write a blog about this. I bet other families are going through the same thing.” |
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| So I thought about it, but decided that just venting in a blog wasn’t really going to inform anyone about the process. So I created Big Apple Oranges – and the blog – to help other special needs families find their way through this daunting process. |
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| My only child has Fragile X, an inherited disorder that causes global developmental delays, cognitive impairment, seizure disorder, and autism. (One in 259 women worldwide carry the gene – on the X chromosome – and 1 in 800 men worldwide will pass the defective gene to all his daughters. A simple blood test can determine if you are a carrier.) My son needs a lot of help and services and I was always the ‘go to’ mom for other parents with questions. |
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| Professionally, I am a licensed massage therapist (1978) specializing in prenatal, labor,and postpartum massage and I teach a professional course to massage practitioners and childbirth professionals all over the country. I have written 4 books and numerous magazine and journal articles on the topic. (www.MotherMassage.Net). I am also a licensee of the Tupler Technique ® and offer CoRehab – Diastasis Repair individual or class sessions. |
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| Big Apple Oranges is here for you – for us – for our children. Tell others about it and let’s change the lives of our children. |
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| Elaine Stillerman
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