Disability Awareness: Are We There Yet? (Blog Contest)

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Announcing the Winners!
Thank you to all who participated in the contest! Wow! I'm so impressed with all of your heartfelt and amazing stories. Thank you so much for sharing them with the community!
And, now for the winners. Congratulations to the First 15 Mom Bloggers to Enter the Contest:
Susan
Mary A
Mannequin
Malia
Jennifer Allen
Cindy Ballard
Bekah
Judy
Sarah
Jenn Savedge
Kitty Rosu
Rae Lynn Glispin
Andrea Tannouri
Cara (Hamsterkitten)
Beth Gasser

And Congratulations to Candice Broom (CanCan) she was the blogger who got the most comments on her post -- 23 comments to be exact!

CONTEST DETAILS:
CVS Caremark All Kids Can and TwitterMoms have created an opportunity to get moms blogging about an important issue – supporting children with disability. You could win Amazon.com gift cards for participating! In addition, you could be selected to choose a nonprofit to receive a $1,000 grant from CVS Caremark All Kids Can!

Disability Awareness: Are We There Yet?

March is Disability Awareness Month. How do you talk to your kids about understanding differences? Tell us your tips for talking to kids about differences and promoting inclusion, thinking broadly about any form of special needs a child may have such as a physical disability, autism or any other kind of developmental disability.

How it Works:
To participate, simply write a post on your blog about how you talk to your kids about disability and the importance of inclusion. The only requirement we ask is that your post includes at least one link to http://www.cvscaremarkallkidscan.com/ so your readers can learn more about the great programs CVS Caremark All Kids Can is supporting to make life easier for kids with disabilities. Then return to this discussion page, post a comment below summarizing your blog post, and include an active link to your qualifying blog entry. That’s it! Deadline to enter is Wednesday, March 25th at 11:59 p.m. EST.

Twitter Moms Prizes and Awards:
o First 15 mom bloggers to post about talking to your child about disability and the importance of inclusion and include a link to http://www.cvscaremarkallkidscan.com/ will receive a $20 Amazon gift card.

o The blogger who generates the most comments will receive a $100 Amazon gift card.

In addition, 5 bloggers selected by CVS Caremark will get to choose a nonprofit serving children with disabilities to receive a $1,000 grant from CVS Caremark All Kids Can.

Total Prize Value: $400

Final winners of the gift cards will be announced on Friday, March 27th!

About CVS Caremark All Kids Can
All Kids Can, a program of the CVS Caremark Charitable Trust and CVS Caremark, is a five-year, $25 million commitment to support children with disabilities. The goals of All Kids Can are to support children with disabilities by raising awareness in schools and in local communities about the importance of inclusion, creating greater opportunities for physical activity and play, and providing access to medical rehabilitation and related services. CVS Caremark and its more than 210,000 employees help children with disabilities learn, play and succeed through partnerships with leading local and national nonprofit organizations such as Easter Seals and many others across the country. For more information, visit http://www.cvscaremarkallkidscan.com/.

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Permalink Reply by Maureen Miller on March 10, 2009 at 5:26pm: http://handicappedparents.blogspot.com/
I called the piece "What I Told My Children". Its about how I explained my youngest son's disability to his siblings. Then passing on what I learned to my sons' teachers; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Rachele on March 11, 2009 at 8:41am: What an awesome opportunity. I love that this program is focused on children with disabilities and including them in learning and play. I can not think of anything more rewarding to write about.

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Permalink Reply by Jenn Brockman on March 11, 2009 at 2:55pm: I tweeted and made a post on my blog here Specialneedskidstalkradio

I have a child with special needs and disability, so this is simply a way of life for us. You can read more at the blog link above.

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Permalink Reply by Maureen Shelley on March 11, 2009 at 4:14pm: Hey
What a great initiative, I've blogged and think this is a great way to get the word out.

Talking to kids about disability is important but as well, we all can do things to make the world more inclusive for children - whether we start at home with our own children, help others locally or work on the international stage. Everything helps to make lives for children with disability more inclusive so they can grow up to be liked, respected and valued for their skills.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by AliceB123 on March 11, 2009 at 6:45pm: I have a great book that explains autism to children. I bought it from www.essentialautism.com

It worked great for other kids understanding my son :); ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Maureen Shelley on March 11, 2009 at 8:06pm: Sorry I blogged earlier but forgot to include the link to my own blog see it here; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Janelle on March 12, 2009 at 7:24am: I had blogged about the Arthur All Kids Can contest previous to this twittermoms contest. Here is my post:

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Permalink Reply by Kat C on March 13, 2009 at 8:22am: What a fantastic idea. I have written Part One of my post. I'll post Part Two tomorrow. Since my little guy is Autistic, it isn't him I have to talk to about disabilities, it is other children who meet him. Part One is the background information about our situation, and in Part Two I'll talk about how we work with other children to encourage them to include him in their play and activities.

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Permalink Reply by Judi on March 15, 2009 at 8:19am: "Her New Friend": http://tinyurl.com/bkfq2x; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Julie Dennehy on March 16, 2009 at 4:57am: This is a great idea! I just posted about the program on my blog: http://juliedennehy.blogspot.com/2009/03/march-is-disability-awaren.... What a terrific program... kudos!; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Natalie Dolan on March 16, 2009 at 5:16am: Hi, my post relating to Disability Awareness Week can be found here:

http://www.twittermoms.com/profiles/blogs/disability-awareness-week; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by QrazyInfo on March 16, 2009 at 7:15am: I have been told time and time again to talk about our trials and tribulations with the school system and their lack of willingness to help disabled children. I started my diary on it, and now I can talk about this company and how they are willing to acknowledge disabled families.
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