Jill Ellingson
I am a wedding/portrait photographer. I am also a medical assistant and am hoping to earn my nursing degree and then become a nurse practitioner and a certified nurse midwife. I have 2 daughters and one son (ages 6, 3, and 5 mos).
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The Child You Expected...The Child You Got!Parents of children with Special Needs have unique reactions. Why an unexpected diagnosis is not a forecaster of a less-than-full life. -
Resources for Families of Children with Special NeedsThere are a variety of programs in California that can help new parents of a child with a disability. This article shows those parents where they can start looking for help finding and qualifying for those programs. -
Down Syndrome - a New Parent's PerspectiveAnticipating the birth and first months of a child with Down syndrome can be frightening and nerve-wracking. This account of the first 6 months in the life of the author's son is an attempt to put those months in context, showing how 'normal' they can be. -
Down Syndrome - Amniocentesis and Informed ChoiceMost obstetrician have outdated notions of what's involved in having a child with Down syndrome-and thus put heavy pressure on expectant mothers to rethink and second-guess their decision to keep a baby diagnosed with Down syndrome.