A (SPECIAL) Interpratation of LIFES ABC'S

• ATTITUDE - BY INSTILLING A STRONG ATTITUDE, LET NOTHING STAND IN THESE CHILDREN'S WAY!!!
• BATTLE - THEIR LIFE IS A BATTLE, BUT TOO, IT IS A GIFT THAT SHOULD NOT BE OVERLOOKED
• CEREBRAL PALSY - SIGNALS TO THE BRAIN ARE SOMEHOW LOST; MEANING THEIR MUSCLES DON'T WORK IN THE SAME OR AT THE SAME TIME
• DESIRE - THE DESIRES OF LIFE SHOULD BE NO DIFFERENT THAN THAT OF THE NON-DISABLED, LET THAT NOT BE TO THEIR DISADVANTAGE!
• EVERYTHING - THEY TO SHOULD HAVE THE RIGHT AND THE GIVEN OPPORTUNITY FOR THEIR (EVERYTHING) IN LIFE
• FORESIGHT - IS FOR THE KNOWLEDGE THAT THEIR (SPECIAL NEEDS) WILL PROBABLY NEVER GO AWAY, BUT INCREASE OVER TIME!
• GUMPTION - IS A SPECIAL DESIRE AND ZEAL 
• HYDROCEPHALUS - TOO  MUCH FLUID IN THE BRAIN WHICH SQUEEZING OUT ITS LIFE IF NOT CONTROLLED BY A SHUNT
• INDICATIONS -  KNOW PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH A MALFUNCTIONING SHUNT; RESTLESSNESS, TIRED EYES, VOMITING, SEIZURES
• JUSTIFY - EVERY QUESTION SHOULD HAVE A JUSTIFIABLE ANSWER
• KINDNESS - BE KIND, DO NOT TEASE OR BULLY!!!
• LOVE - EVERYONE IS DESERVING OF
• MISUNDERSTANDING - ASK QUESTIONS, DON NOT ASSUME WHAT THE ANSWER TO BE
• (K)NOWLEDGE) IS ASKING QUESTIONS
• OPENNESS - BE OPEN, ASK QUESTIONS, BUT DO SO WITH UNDERSTANDING
• PLAY - EVERY CHILD SHOULD HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PLAY EVEN WITH THEIR SPECIAL MODIFICATIONS IN MIND.
• QUESTIONS  - IT IS ALRIGHT TO HAVE AND ASK QUESTIONS
• RIGHTS - EVERY ONE HAS THE RIGHT, NO ONE IS ALWAYS RIGHT!!
• SPECIAL - YES, THESE CHILDREN MIGHT HAVE SPECIAL NEEDS, BUT PLEASE, TREAT THEM NO DIFFERENT THAT OTHER CHILDREN!!
• TOUGH - LIFE FOR ANYONE IS TOUGH, BUT THESE KIDS ARE TOUGH FOR WHAT THE HAVE AND WILL FOREVER HAVE TO GO THROUGH, SO DO NOT MAKE LIFE TOUGHER FOR THEM!!!
• UNDERSTANDING - TAKE THE TIME, MAKE THE TIME TO UNDERSTAND
• VIBRANT - IS THE LOVE FOR LIFE THAT SHOULD NEVER BE TAKEN FOR GRANTED
• X-FACTOR - EXPLORE AND CHALLENGE
• YES I CAN - JUST BECAUSE LIFE HAS HANDED THESE CHILDREN SPECIAL CHALLENGES, NEVER STOP THEM FROM HAVING THE (YES I CAN) ATTITUDE.
• ZEAL- BECAUSE OUR CHILDREN, ALL CHILDREN HAVE A SPECIAL WAY ABOUT THEM - TO LEARN AND TO UNDERSTAND THE WORLD, LET US NOT TARNISH THAT BY OUR SOMETIMES ONE-SIDED  ADULT THINKING!!!