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Needs When.........  Posted Sep 12 2008 11:48am  * You compare
ER's instead of grocery stores.  * You compare your child's
oxygen saturations.  * You view toys as "therapy".  * You don't
take a new day for granted.  * You teach your child HOW to pull
things out of the cupboard, off the bookcases, and that feeding
the dog from the table is fun.  * The clothes your infant wore
last fall still fit him this fall.  * Everything is an
educational opportunity instead of just having plain old fun.  *
You cheer instead of scold when they blow bubbles in their juice
while sitting at the dinner table (that's speech therapy), smear
ketchup all over their high chair (that's OT), or throw their
toys (that's PT).  * You also don't mind if your child goes
through the house tooting a tin whistle.   * You can name at
least 3 genes on chromosome 21. (You really know your toast if
you can spell the full names c