Celebrating the Abilities of our Angels By Anne Chatteau (In French and English) François a 24 ans et est UPD. nous avons eu le diagnostic quand il avait 13 ans. Jusque là, il avait vécu presque comme s’il n’était pas handicapé malgré un écart de plus en plus grand avec les autres enfants.  . Il a marché à 25 mois mais le langage n’est pas venu. Sinon, il était facile et s’intégrait dans les groupes sans poser de problème. C’est pourquoi, j’ai tenté beaucoup d’apprentissages avec lui, d’autant plus qu’étant professeur, je ne concevais pas que mon enfant n’ait pas droit à l’éducation. Il a eu un trotteur avant de…

Eddyto was born a healthy baby at 37 weeks. He has a sister aged 4 and lives in Guatemala, Latin America. Eddyto was diagnosed with Angelman Syndrome, del +, Class II, at 11 months of age. We have been working hard ever since with nutritional therapy, supplements and the NACD program. Eddyto has come a long way and we are doing everything we can to support him to achieve his maximum potential in health and development. In addition to having Angelman Syndrome, Eddyto took another hard blow at 7 months of age. His third set of influenza, DTP and hepatitis B vaccines was too much for his body to handle…

Shea teaches himself to read! By Carol Pulver of Florida Angel Mom to Shea 22 years old, AS Del + Shea (pronounced Shay), our youngest, weighed a whopping 6 ½ lbs at birth.  The largest of our 4 sons; his delivery followed an unremarkable pregnancy and he was born close to my due date.  Shea’s Apgar scores (the tests done shortly after birth) were all normal/high.  He had all his fingers and toes and everything was wonderful. Problems began in the next couple of days when Shea had difficulty nursing.  He continued to have problems feeding and was back in the hospital at 6 weeks with “failure to thrive” (the…