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Ady’s Wings-Madison

My husband and I learned about Madison not long after she was born. She was just 18 months old when she came to live with us, and we had no idea what her (dis)abilities were. I didn’t even know how to use her gtube. We adopted her on her third birthday! The day she had […]

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All that is gold does not glitter, not all those who wander are lost-J.R.R Tolkien Miles Garcia Jackson blessed this world on a cool winter’s day.  I knew from the moment he was born that he was special.  Just how special remained to be seen.  He was born with 2 teeth and older nurses and […]

Read MoreAdy’s Wings-Nate

I knew from the moment Nate was born and he looked through me, something was different. At two months, Nate was diagnosed with central nervous system disfunction. He was placed in early intervention. Countless therapies including trips to Nancy Kaufman Center in West Bloomfield, MI, enrollment in an oral deaf school, and ABA school. I […]

Read MoreAdy’s Wings – Olivia & Ava

Ava is 5 years old and has autism. She was born healthy and met all developmental milestones on time or in advance. At 18 months, her Nana expressed concern that Ava was not making eye contact with her, would not answer to her name, and sat in the floor for 45 minutes taking plastic forks […]

Read MoreAdy’s Wings – Brody

Brody Bearden was diagnosed with autism when he was two and a half, but has been in therapy since he was six weeks old. What began as occupational therapy at eight months, then speech therapy at 16 months, rolled into a prognosis of early developmental delays and epilepsy. The developmental problems continued to plague Brody, […]

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