Medical Information and Resources for Children with Chronic, Life-Threatening Illnesses and Disabilities
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Find medical information and resources for children with special needs, chronic illness and disabilities such as: autism, cancer, cerebral palsy, ADHD, ADD and more here at Brave Kids. Brave Kids provides parents and children with information on health services, financial assistance, support groups, child care, dental assistance, camps, transportation and physical therapy to name a few.
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Directory of Medical Services and Resources for Children With Special Needs
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Brave Kids provides thousands of resources nationwide for special needs children, plus local resources in: San Francisco Bay Area, Los Angeles and Orange County, Washington DC / Baltimore, Seattle, Memphis, Pensacola, Fort Lauderdale, Orlando, Miami, Palm Beach, Ft. Myers, Naples, Jacksonville, Tampa Bay / St. Petersburg Area, Buffalo and Syracuse. Our resources and health care service listings are expanding into more cities every year.
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News About Children's Conditions Such As: Autism, Cancer, Cerebral Palsy, ADHD / ADD and Disabilities
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1/2/09 -- For those lucky young readers who suddenly find themselves with a shiny new bookstore gift card, here are some suggestions for what to read next: The Miami Herald's Best Kids' Books of the Year. This year, we found an abundance of gems both in the tweens-and-teens novel category and in nonfiction for young readers. Curiously, even most of the picture books we liked the best were fact-based biographies.
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1/2/09 -- Researchers looked at 10,136 children from birth to 18. Overall, one third of kids were taking supplements, the majority taking a multivitamin. Supplement use was higher in kids with higher family income and smoke-free environment.
Bottom Line: Despite the billions spent, there's no scientific evidence that supplements can make you healthier or live longer.
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Featured Resources for Special Needs Kids
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Here are some of our more popular resources for children with special needs such as autism, cancer, cerebral palsy, ADHD / ADD and disabilities.
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The Brave Kids Story
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Brave Kids was founded on June 9, 1999, by
Kristen Fitzgerald
, after the loss of her two children to catastrophic illnesses. Our
mission is to help children with chronic, life-threatening illnesses
and disabilities by connecting them to desperately needed health
services and resources such as financial assistance,
camps,
support groups,
child care,
dental assistance,
transportation
and physical therapy.
The Brave Kids program has been approved by and is linked to over 110
health organizations such as: The National Association of Pediatric Nurse
Practitioners, The National Brain Tumor Foundation, the National Pediatric
AIDS Foundation, United Cerebral Palsy, and the National Children's Cancer Society.
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His Holiness the Dalai Lama honored Brave Kids Founder and
President, Kristen Fitzgerald for her compassionate work helping
children with special needs at a special Unsung Heroes of Compassion
presentation.
Kristen received a special acknowledgement for her work with Brave Kids
from His Holiness the Dalai Lama.
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