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Disability Awareness: Are We There Yet? (Blog Contest)

Announcing the Winners!
Thank you to all who participated in the contest! Wow! I'm so impressed with all of your heartfelt and amazing stories. Thank you so much for sharing them with the community!
And, now for the winners. Congratulations to the First 15 Mom Bloggers to Enter the Contest:
Susan
Mary A
Mannequin
Malia
Jennifer Allen
Cindy Ballard
Bekah
Judy
Sarah
Jenn Savedge
Kitty Rosu
Rae Lynn Glispin
Andrea Tannouri
Cara (Hamsterkitten)
Beth Gasser

And Congratulations to Candice Broom (CanCan) she was the blogger who got the most comments on her post -- 23 comments to be exact!

CONTEST DETAILS:
CVS Caremark All Kids Can and TwitterMoms have created an opportunity to get moms blogging about an important issue – supporting children with disability. You could win Amazon.com gift cards for participating! In addition, you could be selected to choose a nonprofit to receive a $1,000 grant from CVS Caremark All Kids Can!

Disability Awareness: Are We There Yet?

March is Disability Awareness Month. How do you talk to your kids about understanding differences? Tell us your tips for talking to kids about differences and promoting inclusion, thinking broadly about any form of special needs a child may have such as a physical disability, autism or any other kind of developmental disability.

How it Works:
To participate, simply write a post on your blog about how you talk to your kids about disability and the importance of inclusion. The only requirement we ask is that your post includes at least one link to http://www.cvscaremarkallkidscan.com/ so your readers can learn more about the great programs CVS Caremark All Kids Can is supporting to make life easier for kids with disabilities. Then return to this discussion page, post a comment below summarizing your blog post, and include an active link to your qualifying blog entry. That’s it! Deadline to enter is Wednesday, March 25th at 11:59 p.m. EST.

Twitter Moms Prizes and Awards:
o First 15 mom bloggers to post about talking to your child about disability and the importance of inclusion and include a link to http://www.cvscaremarkallkidscan.com/ will receive a $20 Amazon gift card.

o The blogger who generates the most comments will receive a $100 Amazon gift card.

In addition, 5 bloggers selected by CVS Caremark will get to choose a nonprofit serving children with disabilities to receive a $1,000 grant from CVS Caremark All Kids Can.

Total Prize Value: $400

Final winners of the gift cards will be announced on Friday, March 27th!

About CVS Caremark All Kids Can
All Kids Can, a program of the CVS Caremark Charitable Trust and CVS Caremark, is a five-year, $25 million commitment to support children with disabilities. The goals of All Kids Can are to support children with disabilities by raising awareness in schools and in local communities about the importance of inclusion, creating greater opportunities for physical activity and play, and providing access to medical rehabilitation and related services. CVS Caremark and its more than 210,000 employees help children with disabilities learn, play and succeed through partnerships with leading local and national nonprofit organizations such as Easter Seals and many others across the country. For more information, visit http://www.cvscaremarkallkidscan.com/.

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Permalink Reply by Slavica Todorovic on March 9, 2009 at 2:37am

Hi
I have a question;Which blog i should write to?One of mine to wordpress.com, or here on TwitterMoms.com/

Slavica Todorovic

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Permalink Reply by Susan on March 9, 2009 at 3:10am

I wasn't aware of the CVS program, so I was thrilled to learn about it!

I wrote about my experiences talking with my four year old daughter about her juvenile arthritis (which is considered a disability). She is just starting to become aware that she is a little different from her friends and family so we've had a few conversations. She takes medications that keep her growing normally and keep her out of a wheelchair, so we've had conversations about why other children are in wheelchairs. Physical disability is the only type of disability she has noticed or commented about.

I'm sure the number of conversations and depth of those conversations will increase in the next few years, so I'm looking forward to reading all the posts.

http://cravingthesavings.com/?p=1113

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Permalink Reply by Marya on March 9, 2009 at 4:44am

I've shared my experience about being a mom of a child with disabilities and the need for inclusion at http://www.suncoastmom.com

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Permalink Reply by mannequin on March 9, 2009 at 4:58am

What an important topic! I've blogged it here,

http://fracturedtoy.blogspot.com/2009/03/inclusion-and-disabilites....

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Permalink Reply by Malia on March 9, 2009 at 5:22am

Here is where I blogged about our experiences:
http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/malia/666806/

Since we do not have a lot of special needs people in our lives, we try to systematically expose our children to those with special needs through serving at places where they will have lots of opportunities to encounter these. By taking away the "mystery" of the special equipment and teaching them to be sensitive to the special needs of all people, we hope we are teaching them to love all God's children, whether they have special needs or not.

I am looking forward to seeing all the other responses to this one for some new ideas.
Malia Russell

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Permalink Reply by Jennifer Allen on March 9, 2009 at 5:34am

I posted a blog on my website www.wix-n-stix.blogspot.com about my three children at home and how we support them with our Prayer Child Foundation with Gold Canyon - Check it out!

JEN ALLEN
www.wix-n-stix.com
Independent Manager, Gold Canyon
my blog site - www.wix-n-stix.blogspot.com

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Permalink Reply by Cindy Ballard on March 9, 2009 at 5:36am

This is such an interesting topic for me. I have written a blog on the use of Hippotherapy for childen with disabilities. You can find my blog here, http://www.helpingmomsconnect.com/pets/?p=215 Hopefully some of you will read this and could possibly use this therapy for your children. There is nothing like the smile of a child on horse empowering the world.

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Permalink Reply by Bekah on March 9, 2009 at 5:43am

I posted here. My child is too young to really talk about disabilities with her, but we have cousins with disabilities so she will just grow up with them as a matter of fact.

http://motherhood-moment.blogspot.com/2009/03/website-spotlight-all-kids-can.html

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Permalink Reply by Judy on March 9, 2009 at 5:50am

This is great! - I didn't know about this program and have advocated ( and continue to do so) for my one daughter who has sensory integration. My youngest son was recently diagnosed with a learning disablity. Which blog? - wordpress or twittermoms?

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Permalink Reply by Judy on March 9, 2009 at 5:51am

Judy said:

This is great! - I didn't know about this program and have advocated ( and continue to do so) for my one daughter who has sensory integration. My youngest son was recently diagnosed with a learning disablity. Which blog? - wordpress or twittermoms?

My wordpress blog is http://theinternationalmom.wordpress.com/