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		<title>What&#8217;s In a Diagnosis?</title>
		<link>http://matrixparents.wordpress.com/2013/05/20/whats-in-a-diagnosis/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 20:31:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In  preschool, my daughter was the only one who couldn’t sit in circle time without rolling all over the floor. Riding tricycles with her classmates in a big indoor playroom, she was the only one who said she could hear &#8230; <a href="http://matrixparents.wordpress.com/2013/05/20/whats-in-a-diagnosis/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=matrixparents.wordpress.com&#038;blog=37895874&#038;post=527&#038;subd=matrixparents&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>30th Anniversary: I am Matrix, and So Are You</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2013 18:38:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nora Thompson, Executive Director</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the lifespan of nonprofits, 30 years is no small potatoes. It means that many people have worked hard to keep Matrix moving forward: the founding mothers in 1983, the first funders (Gannett Foundation), and the first families that found &#8230; <a href="http://matrixparents.wordpress.com/2013/04/22/i-am-matrix/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=matrixparents.wordpress.com&#038;blog=37895874&#038;post=519&#038;subd=matrixparents&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The financial side of having a child with special needs</title>
		<link>http://matrixparents.wordpress.com/2013/03/18/finanical-side/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Mar 2013 16:43:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>matrixparents</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Services [for those with special needs] are seldom available to anyone who does not have the wherewithal to battle agencies. Doing so often requires education, time, and money—which is a painful irony given that these services are intended to benefit &#8230; <a href="http://matrixparents.wordpress.com/2013/03/18/finanical-side/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=matrixparents.wordpress.com&#038;blog=37895874&#038;post=443&#038;subd=matrixparents&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Hard Work</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Mar 2013 16:46:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nora Thompson, Executive Director</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Matrix Originals]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[“You have to work hard to make a marriage work.” “Bringing children into a relationship can be hard.” “Balancing the all the needs of a family is hard work.” “Having a child with special needs is hard on relationships.” We &#8230; <a href="http://matrixparents.wordpress.com/2013/03/14/hard-work/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=matrixparents.wordpress.com&#038;blog=37895874&#038;post=425&#038;subd=matrixparents&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Research Study:  An internet parenting education and support group for mothers with psychiatric disabilities</title>
		<link>http://matrixparents.wordpress.com/2013/02/28/research-study-an-internet-parenting-education-and-support-group-for-mothers-with-psychiatric-disabilities/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2013 19:23:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>matrixparents</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[autism spectrum disorder]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Temple University Collaborative has launched an Internet-based parenting education and social support program, part of a national research study examining the effectiveness of an Internet parenting education and social support program for mothers with a psychiatric disability. Participants will be &#8230; <a href="http://matrixparents.wordpress.com/2013/02/28/research-study-an-internet-parenting-education-and-support-group-for-mothers-with-psychiatric-disabilities/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=matrixparents.wordpress.com&#038;blog=37895874&#038;post=412&#038;subd=matrixparents&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Is my child learning in the right setting?</title>
		<link>http://matrixparents.wordpress.com/2013/02/19/is-my-child-learning-in-the-right-setting/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2013 17:30:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>matrixparents</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The signs were there in 6th grade, my daughter’s first year in middle school. She pulled her sweatshirt hood over her head in class and picked at the sleeves until they were frayed. Teachers said she needed to learn more &#8230; <a href="http://matrixparents.wordpress.com/2013/02/19/is-my-child-learning-in-the-right-setting/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=matrixparents.wordpress.com&#038;blog=37895874&#038;post=408&#038;subd=matrixparents&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Have You Ever Heard Comments Like These?</title>
		<link>http://matrixparents.wordpress.com/2013/01/15/have-you-ever-heard-comments-like-these/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jan 2013 20:55:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>matrixparents</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Have you ever been told something about Special Education — either in passing or at an IEP meeting — that just didn’t seem right? All of us (parents, educators, and other professionals) at some point have said things we wish &#8230; <a href="http://matrixparents.wordpress.com/2013/01/15/have-you-ever-heard-comments-like-these/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=matrixparents.wordpress.com&#038;blog=37895874&#038;post=342&#038;subd=matrixparents&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Playing Santa is Sometimes Hard</title>
		<link>http://matrixparents.wordpress.com/2012/12/19/playing-santa-is-sometimes-hard/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2012 17:19:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nora Thompson, Executive Director</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When my daughter Kate (who suffered a brain injury at age 2) was young, we&#8217;d go see Santa and take the annual picture. Positioning her on his lap, wiping any drool away, and maybe even getting her to smile meant &#8230; <a href="http://matrixparents.wordpress.com/2012/12/19/playing-santa-is-sometimes-hard/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=matrixparents.wordpress.com&#038;blog=37895874&#038;post=272&#038;subd=matrixparents&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Take care of yourself</title>
		<link>http://matrixparents.wordpress.com/2012/12/18/take-care-of-yourself/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Dec 2012 17:38:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>matrixparents</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It should come as no surprise to parents of children with special needs that holidays can add to the stresses already present in our lives. In a survey done by the authors speaking at our Author Luncheon Benefit this coming &#8230; <a href="http://matrixparents.wordpress.com/2012/12/18/take-care-of-yourself/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=matrixparents.wordpress.com&#038;blog=37895874&#038;post=326&#038;subd=matrixparents&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The art of the present</title>
		<link>http://matrixparents.wordpress.com/2012/12/05/the-art-of-the-present/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Dec 2012 19:49:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matrix Guest</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For kids who have a hard time taking the perspective of others — kids with “social thinking” challenges — coming up with presents for Mom, Grandpa, or a school buddy is a near-Herculean task. After all, a present is a &#8230; <a href="http://matrixparents.wordpress.com/2012/12/05/the-art-of-the-present/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=matrixparents.wordpress.com&#038;blog=37895874&#038;post=261&#038;subd=matrixparents&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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