First Entry

Hopefully this blog will help other dad's who have children with disabilities realize there are others out there, who are just like them.  Trying their best to be a dad to their child.  No matter what, don't ever give up and make sure you love your child the best you can!

This blog is dedicated to Zoe, my daughter, who has taught me so much about love and life, despite having disabilities.  She has disabilities, her disabilities do not have her!  She is 7 years old and lives her life to the fullest.

She has cerebral palsy, cortical visual impairment and developmental delays.

Cerebral palsy describes a group of permanent disorders of the development of movement and posture, causing activity limitation, that are attributed to nonprogressive disturbances that occurred in the developing fetal or infant brain. The motor disorders of cerebral palsy are often accompanied by disturbances of sensation, perception, cognition, communication, and behaviour, by epilepsy, and by secondary musculoskeletal problems.


Of the many types and subtypes of CP, none of them have a known cure. Usually, medical intervention is limited to the treatment and prevention of complications arising from CP's effects.

Cortical Visual Iimpairment is also sometimes known as Cortical Blindness, although most people with CVI are not totally blind. The term Neurological Visual Impairment (NVI) covers both CVI and total cortical blindness. Delayed Visual Maturation, another form of NVI, is similar to CVI, except the child's visual difficulties resolve in a few months. Though the vision of a person with CVI may change, it rarely if ever becomes totally normal.

Developmental delay refers to when a child's development lags behind established normal ranges for his or her age.

At the age of 7, Zoe walks and talks, but has a development of a child somewhere around 3.  Her vocabulary has some where around 85 words, but she seems to be adding new ones often.