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Should A Child Be Allowed To Climb Everest?
My son brought home a recent issue of Scholastic News with Weekly Reader from his 4th grade classroom...and it made me stop in my tracks. The headline "Ready for Everest?" was accompanied by a picture of preteen climber, Tyler Armstrong of California, on a quest to scale the world's tallest mountain.
As someone who is interested in parenting issues...and completed fascinated by Everest....I just had to blog about this topic.
According to his web site, 12 year old Tyler will attempt to set a world record as "the youngest person ever to climb Mt. Everest" in May. ...
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Should A Child Be Allowed To Climb Everest?
My son brought home a recent issue of Scholastic News with Weekly Reader from his 4th grade classroom...and it made me stop in my tracks. The headline "Ready for Everest?" was accompanied by a picture of preteen climber, Tyler...
A Push to Make Clothes for Kids of All Abilities
When I read this piece from the Huffington Post - about Runway of Dreams, a non-profit working with the fashion industry to adapt mainstream clothes for people with disabilities - I immediately thought of this Mommy
FDA OK's First Muscular Dystrophy Drug; Awaits Proof It Works
Federal regulators on Monday granted tentative approval to the first drug for muscular dystrophy, following an intense public campaign from patients and doctors who pushed for the largely unproven medication.The approval comes nearly five months after the...
Regional Digest: Registration Opens Thursday For Manchester Road Race
Registration To OpenFor Manchester Road RaceRegistration for the Manchester Road Race will begin Thursday. One of New England's largest and most popular road races, the 4.748-mile run on a loop course through the town's central streets will be held...
FDA to consider approving Northbrook company's muscular dystrophy drug
The Food and Drug Administration has agreed to consider green-lighting a drug that could be among the first of its kind approved to treat a childhood-onset form of muscular dystrophy, Northbrook company Marathon Pharmaceuticals announced...
Windsor Students Raise Funds For Friend With A Muscular Disease
Thomas Hastings is a 9-year-old student who attends John F. Kennedy School in Windsor. He has a bright smile and is a huge Red Sox fan.
Life-Altering Diagnoses
Directly after birth, Hastings was diagnosed with Torticollis, a tightening of the neck...
Wheelchair-Accessible Van Would Mean Fuller Life For Windsor Boy
Nine-year-old Thomas Hastings loves sports more than anything else.His toy box at home is not filled with superheroes, but instead is full of sporting equipment, with a large representation for baseball, his favorite sport.But Hastings, of Windsor, has...
GOP debate fact check: Who's right: Trump or other GOP candidates?
Viewers of the second Republican presidential debate heard inflated claims about Planned Parenthood abortion practices and the risks of vaccines, as well as a dubious assertion by Donald Trump that he wasn't interested in establishing casinos in Florida...
Britain moves toward making babies from DNA of 3 people
Britain moved Tuesday toward allowing scientists to create humans from the DNA of three people.
The technology aims to liberate future generations from inherited diseases, but critics say it crosses a fundamental scientific boundary and could lead to...
UK moves toward making babies from DNA of 3 people
Britain moved Tuesday toward allowing scientists to create humans from the DNA of three people.
The technology aims to liberate future generations from inherited diseases, but critics say it crosses a fundamental scientific boundary and could lead to...
West Hartford Firefighters' Beer-Tasting Fundraiser Is Friday
About 50 firefighters will be pouring beer samples and grilling up food Friday for the West Hartford firefighters association's sixth annual benefit for muscular dystrophy.WEST HARTFORD — About 50 firefighters will be pouring samples of beer and...
Bristol Firefighters Host Boy With Muscular Dystrophy
BRISTOL — When city firefighters begin their annual fundraiser for muscular dystrophy research this weekend, they'll have a bit of extra motivation: The thought of 4-year-old Justin Bolduc.
Justin, a Bristol boy who was diagnosed with muscular...
Japan STAP stem cell researchers' errors not intentional, RIKEN says
The Japanese research institution at the center of a growing controversy over a new type of stem cells said Friday that its investigation of four scientists has confirmed two instances of "inappropriate" behavior but that neither case was severe...
Pooling resources to keep everyone safe in the water
Jerry Huang left his wheelchair at the side of the pool before gliding through more than 400 meters of water at this year's Coast 2 Coast Swim Challenge. From beginners to experts, people of all abilities swam laps to raise money for free swimming lessons...
It's only a game, until it isn't
I guess it will happen at some point. A kid in Baltimore will come across a faded black-and-white picture, or notice all those blue #19 jerseys, and he won't quite believe it: "We had a football team before the Ravens?"
Maybe it's already...
Arnfelt fortifies NU defensive line
Brian Arnfelt should be on Northwestern's "good hands" team. Though a lineman's hands often are called paws, Arnfelt uses his digits to play the keyboard in his apartment. His affinity for piano comes from his mother, Cathy, who owns a music...
Aphasia affects estimated 1 million people
Earlier this month a Texas Rangers sportscaster went from calling live highlights of a baseball game to talking about a botched robbery. The sportscaster's incoherent switch confused listeners, but doctors saw the symptoms of aphasia, a disease not...
A desperate injection of stem cells and hope
Alone at his computer, drool sliding down his chin, Tom Hill searched the Internet for anything that could save him.
His 55-year-old body was gradually shutting down. His muscles twitched uncontrollably. He could no longer talk, so he scribbled notes to...