by Gwen Vogelzang | Jan 19, 2015 | Special(ish) Needs
If you know our family you know that we have spent the past couple years investigating, digging, treating, aiding and advocating for our Dude. God has blessed our little man with an amazing amount of gifts and talents and treasures that we hold so incredibly dear....
by Gwen Vogelzang | Oct 17, 2014 | Special(ish) Needs
6 months back, a friend asked Tim and me if we thought Dude might have Tourettes Syndrome. I reacted like someone had just stabbed me in the gut. What an extreme evaluation of my kid. He didn’t have THAT. Only people who scream and swear have Tourettes. He...
by Gwen Vogelzang | Sep 23, 2014 | Education Transformation, Special(ish) Needs
If you follow this blog you know how moody I am about when enough therapy is enough for our son. It’s ebbs and flows, as does all of life. One day we’re done and he’s great and we’re okay letting him “be him.” The next day we...
by Gwen Vogelzang | Aug 20, 2014 | Special(ish) Needs
If you ask the average human what the right brain is for, a majority of responses will be “It’s for all the creative stuff, right? The fun stuff. The color in life.” That might be what I thought too, before I finished “Disconnected...
by Gwen Vogelzang | Aug 16, 2014 | Juicy Randomness
The medical world has shifted a lot of concentrated focus to “the brain” in recent days. The White House is even behind the trend. Turns out, we know virtually nothing about the human brain. We thought/think we do, but the brain tends to surprise us and...
