Miracle Child...

Miracle Child,
Born with the head open and half of your brain out…
Doctors gave you a day to live…A week to live… A month to live…
Five years later, you're still here…
Now your vision is only 6 inches far on one eye and 13 inches in the other eye…
You will never live a normal life……
Services were denied to you, but your family never gave up…
Now you’re in school, you have friends and teachers that love you…
Your friends have different disabilities, but your friends and you always find a way to communicate with each other…
You are a precious little angel just like the rest of your friends.

Miracle Child,
Born at 8 month, you were not bigger than an adult's hand.
Your mom had a rough time being a mother and refuses to give you all the love you need.
God is watching over you and bless you with a grandmother that loves you very much.
Now you’re 9 years old and your life is better.

Miracle Child,
Born with autism inside a dysfunctional family.
Your mother always demands services for you, but where is she when you need her.
You don’t eat healthy at home.
You also have speech delay and can only communicate with us with pictures (PECS).
Thnaks to God you're still alive, now you're a happy and loving child.

Miracle children who are bless with well trained teachers that care for their education and love them very much.

God has blessed me by giving me the opportunity to work with these little angels. I love what I do and can not see my self anywhere else. I now can say that I have Change Many Lives.

Another chance to live.

Miracle child

Anna's House.

Falling in Love...

When you're working with special needs kids your feelings and emotions are your weaknesses. Is tough not to fall in love with them, even the most challenging kid can be your favorite. We're not supposed to have favorite though. Is amazing how loving and respectful this kids are and how fast your life can and will change in a second full with joy.

In my morning assignment there's a little girl that has down syndrome. She does not speak in full sentences but she knows a few words, she's learning sign language too. One of her favorite word is " NO", she says no to everything even when she wants something. At the same time is easy to communicate with her, at least for me it is. Just to see the smile on her face every morning makes my day. Can you tell she's one of my favorite little angels :)

Down Syndrome is a chromosomal disorder caused by the presence of all or part of an extra 21st chromosome. Down Syndrome also called Trisomy 21, is a condition in which extra genetic material causes delays in the way a child develops, both mentally and physically. It affects about 1 in 800 babies.

Club 21

A place for friends...

Down Syndrome Association of Los Angeles (DSALA).

National Down Syndrome Congress.

Life Skills

A life of a severe learning disability child is dificult to manage but not impossible. Family members and friends of these kids struggle in their everyday life and a few give up. If the child does not have any support from the family as well as in the school setting, than the child will soon give up too. As they grow older in life they will approach several life skills that will help them to have close to a normal life.

Life skills include a wide range of knowledge and skill interactions believed to be essential for adult independent living (Brolin, 1989). At present, many students with handicaps have special needs that are not being met. These students require education and support to learn these necessary behaviors. They must be able to dress and groom properly, use appropriate table manners, make decisions about money, and use transportation to get to work. The three major skill areas that need to be addressed are daily living, personal/social, and occupational skills.

How to Teach Life Skills to Special Needs Teens

Important Skills for Special Needs Children

Little Angels.

Why do I refer to my students as little angels? The answer is easy, special needs kids have lots of good qualities that make you want to know more about them. They are respectful, loving, thoughtful, and very intelligent oh! and sneaky too. Yes, most of the times they live in their own little world but that does make them bad people and yet they're suffering from social ignorance and lack of trained experts.


Is very sad to know that well educated people think these kids are stupid and feel repulsive when they get near them. I see this almost every day at work. Regular teachers don't want their students to get mix up with the special needs students; they talk and make stupid faces. They think our students are bad influence. I think kids are kids and they do listen, if you know how to talk to them no matter with a disability or not.

Our students are always getting excluded from some school activities, while the rest of the school participates on every activity. Our special needs team has to be on top of everything, in order to have our students participating on some school activities. It’s obvious that we are surrounded by ignorant people. They don’t know what they're missing in life by not getting to know these kids; they are pure as an angel and more... Thank God the principal at our school is very understanding and we can always talk to her about issues with other colleagues.


Fight Ignorance Against People with Disabilities.

Ignorance Against Disabilities.

Pusat Ehsan is a non-government and non-profit organization committed to provide quality education and rehabilitation services for physically and intellectually challenged individuals.

A Change.

I remember my first day working in a school setting. My first assignment was in a regular education class with 29 kindergarten students. First thing that came into my mind when I saw the 29 little angels siting down and waiting for the class to be start was, "Nelly you better watch out because who knows what's going to happened today". The whole week was the longest week ever.

I was right, the very first day I had a student vomiting right next to me during class. It was not a very pleasant day. Second day I had two students pushing and saying mean things to each other. It took me a while to digest the experience of seeing two five year old little angels being so mean and disrespectful to one another. The rest of the week, I was running up and down like a crazy chicken with no head.

It took me about three weeks to get use to my new assignment, I finish the rest of the school year with the same class. I was happy working with kindergarten students. On the following year I decided to work with special needs students. During that year my life changed completely in a way that can't explain but I can say that to have the opportunity to work with Special Needs Students has been a gift from God.

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