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Tis the Season-Allergies and Learning Disabilities

Spring is here and many children suffer from seasonal allergies. Unfortunately, many children suffer with allergies year round from contact with a variety of allergens...pets, food, dust, pollens, cleaning supplies or other chemicals, etc...which affect their ability to learn

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Fluid in the middle ear often results from the body's response to allergens. Fluid in the middle ear, with or without infection, will affect a child's ability to process auditory information, will affect the vestibular system by adding pressure on the inner ear resulting in balance problems, and can place pressure on the visual system causing difficulty with eye tracking. As many as 25% of school age children have problems related to learning, attention or activity and allergies may be a contributing factor.

If you are concerned about the possibility of allergies affecting your child's ability to learn, I highly recommend a book by Dr. Doris Rapp called Is This Your Child? which may help you begin to explore allergies and how they affect your child's learning.

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Meet Kim Ashby | Owner

Kim Ashby earned a BS in Nursing from The Catholic University of America and, when she worked outside the home, was a Certified Emergency Nurse with a special interest in trauma nursing. She lives in Raleigh, NC with her husband and three sons. The Ashbys have home schooled their children since 1999. They graduated their oldest son in May 2007. He is attending UNC Wilmington. Kim continues to home school her younger boys. Her oldest son was diagnosed with ADHD when he was in the public school system in the second grade. Her second son has cerebral palsy which has resulted in multiple/global developmental delays. Her youngest son has undiagnosed, mild auditory processing issues.

Kim has co-instructed graduate level courses at UNC Chapel Hill for ST/OT students and Early Intervention students. She is the founder and President of the Board of Directors of GIFTSNC, Inc., a home schooling special needs support group. Kim has presented workshops at a variety of state home school conferences as well as local support group parent meetings and is often a guest speaker at homeschool conferences and is found on many guest speaker lists including Balancing the Sword. She is a Steering Committee member and former Treasurer for Dayspring Home Educators in Cary, NC. She served on the Board of Directors for the Family Support Network of Wake County. She holds a North Carolina Wildlife Permit for Small Mammal Rehabilitation and enjoys working with orphaned and injured wildlife.

"I have never let my schooling interfere with my education." Mark Twain