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Final Fifty!!
Our goal for this project has always been to photograph 100 faces of SPD! We are about half way there. Our newest goal is to get this final fifty faces by the end of summer! We want all the faces photographed by the end of summer so we can get an exhibit ready for [… Read More]
Meet Zane
When Zane was born he was a happy healthy boy. We were young, but very educated parents. We researched everything we could possibly think of and interviewed pediatricians until we felt we found the one for us. So when Zane was 18 months old and I thought something might be going on with him, I [… Read More]
Volunteers Needed!!!
Are you looking for an opportunity to make a difference? Are you a student in need of community service hours? Are you an SPD parent, family member or service provider? We are looking to grow this project and need help in marketing, fundraising, online research, organizing exhibits, and more. We need your unique talents to [… Read More]
Meet Kayla
Laid back was the words often associated with Kayla as a little kid. She was very laid back, went with the flow of everything. As a baby, she was tagging along in her carrier as her father went on calls as a tow truck driver. The sound and vibrations of the truck would sooth [… Read More]
Faces of SPD ~ Meet Heather
My journey with SPD was discovered much later than most people. It wasn’t until a few months before my 26th birthday was I was informed that I had SPD. Growing up, I was your normal child for the most part. I did like to rock back and forth as a child. As I got older [… Read More]
Faces of SPD ~ Meet Rachel
A girl with Sensory Processing Disorder grows up in the big city. Yep, it happens. My name is Rachel, and I am 29. I was diagnosed with SPD in 2010, at the age of 27. Growing up, no one knew about issues like SPD. I was just thought of as a very sensitive child who [… Read More]
Faces of SPD ~ Meet Joshua
Joshua is 5 years old. He is a sweet, often silly, smart little boy. He has an entire collection of imaginary bugs that each have their own special hand shape. He loves playing with his Daddy, especially when they play video games together, Lego Batman is their current favorite. He is very interested in dinosaurs, [… Read More]
Meet Zach
It’s true what they say…that hindsight is 20/20. It is easy to look back now after 10 years and notice all the little signs and clues that now seem so blatantly obvious. Back when Zach was born, I was a fairly new mom-Zach is my 2nd, and my oldest was only 18 months [… Read More]
Faces of SPD ~ Meet Aidan G
He was “Baby A” who started the whole thing in motion. Sick of his twin brother always sitting on his head for every single ultrasound, one day he just had enough! It did not matter that he was not expected for another 8 weeks, when Aidan wants to go it is TIME TO GO! [… Read More]
Faces of SPD ~ Meet Ethan
He was “Baby B” (or “Baby E”) to his twin brother who was born one minute earlier. Ethan’s battles began that first second he was born and they never stopped. Delivered in a noisy, crowded room 8 weeks early, he was rushed away from me where the doctors begged him to breathe his first, [… Read More]