I love hearing stories like these. Not stories about people choking -- I'd never wish that on anyone. But stories about the heroes who save them from dying, especially when they are children with special needs.

It reminds us that they can do anything and everything that typically functioning kids do.

Here's a clip of Kyle Forbes, an autistic child who saved his teacher from choking on an apple by delivering the Heimlich maneuver he learned in Cub Scouts.

Thanks to the ladies in the Newcomer's Club for pointing this one out.

iPrompts is a new customizable iPhone and iPod Touch application tool that provides visual structure for those with language and behavioral challenges, including autism, Down Syndrome, and ADD/ADHD. Wow, tell me more...

Gina Gallagher and Patty Konjoian, moms of special needs kids and co-authors/bloggers of Shut Up About Your Perfect Kid!, created this funny but all-too-real spoof of what happens at a Team Meeting.

Gina has had plenty of experience with these meetings, a sort of progress sit-down with several of your child's teachers. Her 14-year-old autistic daughter, Katie, has language-based learning disabilities and attends public school.

As we count down the days to back to school, the Daily Buzz talks with moms and public school teachers about what you and your child can expect in the coming year.

Today special education teacher and behavior consultant 2mommies4g gives us the inside scoop about what to expect with special needs education.

In honor of Autism Awareness Month, AMC Entertainment and the Autism Society of America is offering Hannah Montana: The Movie as part of their Sensory Friendly Films program. Mark your calendars; the hugely popular film will be shown at 67 different AMC movie theatres nationwide on April 18. Awesome!

Thanks so much heidi1439 for letting the CM community know about this interesting online debate and discussion about autism.

Call it Peete vs. Peet.

On essence.com actress Holly Robinson Peete, Autism Speaks boardmember and mother of an 11-year-old son whom she believes developed autism after receiving vaccinations when he was 2 1/2, forcefully takes on comments made by Amanda Peet, actress, mother and spokesperson for vaccinateyourbaby.org who recently affirmed what a Federal court ruled-- that vaccinations don't cause the developmental disorder.

Today is World Autism Awareness Day (WAAD), a day to shine a bright light on the growing global health crisis. It is the hope of WAAD founding group Autism Speaks that this unified effort will help to increase world knowledge about autism, and consequently encourage earlier diagnosis and treatment.

Last week,  on the "Tonight Show with Jay Leno" President Barack Obama joked about his questionable bowling skills by saying: "It was like Special Olympics or something."

When my girlfriend unexpectedly had her baby at only 25 weeks gestation, every seemed to happen so fast and in slow motion at the same time. One minute she was pregnant and in the mall, the next, she was a mother. Her sweet little girl was barely 2 pounds and we desperately feared for her life. Doctors said for good reason. Extremely premature births (children born below 26 weeks gestation) have higher death rates.