Such a Small World

As part of early intervention (EI) in the state of Illinois, James gets many therapies. For occupational (OT), physical (PT), and vision therapies, the therapists come to the house, which is really nice. Unfortunately, they don’t have a speech therapist that comes to the house, so James has to go…

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Milestones

When you have a normal child, you can easily follow their progress through milestones. You know when they should start doing certain things. By this age, they should be doing this. By that age, they should start doing that. But when you have a special needs child, you quickly learn…

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Early Intervention

Because of James’ many disabilities, we have enrolled him the state of Illinois early intervention program. Early intervention, or EI, is a program that assists children under 3 years old reach developmental milestones. Through EI James is getting occupational therapy (OT), physical therapy (PT), vision therapy, speech therapy, and hearing…

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