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OT-Related Exercises for Children with Autism

My child frequently has a “high engine.” He was taught this phrase to describe how his body is feeling. A high engine means hes racing inside. His body sometimes has a low engine but that typically takes place first thing in the morning. Low engine means he has no energy in his body. When his engine is high, our child needs to do something to help his body. He wants to regulate his body to get the level to a moderate level, one that he’s comfortable with and leads to less body-related behaviors.

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Madam President Does Not Tweet Naked Photos

When I was ten, my best friends mom was the smartest woman I knew. She was a 49 spitfire from New York City who wore a great deal of black along with a sophisticated perfume never before sniffed in my staid DC hometown. As a young woman, shed been one of the early Peace Corps volunteers in Africa, and then written a best-selling memoir about the experience.

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Risks With a Premature Baby

A premature baby, or “preemie,” is one born before 37 weeks of pregnancy, according to the March of Dimes. A normal term of pregnancy ranges from 37 to 42 weeks. As of 2010, about 12.8 percent of babies born in the United States are premature. Advances in obstetrics have enabled most premature babies to survive, but many suffer from long-term health consequences.

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Is Surrogacy for You?

People come to our agency from all walks of life and they all have one thing in common: they want to be parents. For a variety of reasons, they have so far been unable to fulfill their dream. Many people come to us after years of disappointing fertility treatments, numerous miscarriages, and other experiences of infertility and disappointment. They desperately want a baby to join their family and share their loving.