EVERYTHING
BUT TYPICAL

“So, what do you call kids who aren’t kids with special needs?” “Probably not normal, right?” “Regular?” “That doesn’t seem right.”  We all looked at the occupational therapist leading the group. She smiled. “We call them typical – typically developing.”  

“Oh.”  “Right.” We murmured as we surveyed the babies sitting in our laps playing.  Most were smiling back through almond shaped eyes, a common trait of Down Syndrome. One was sporting a scar on his back from a surgery he had even before he was born to repair the hole he had due to spina bifida. Among them there were scars on several chests from heart surgeries, and glasses, a feeding tube, and braces on their tiny feet.

Looking at them we knew…they weren’t typical.  They weren’t anything but typical. This group of little warriors were everything but typical.