• How to optimize your iPad for a kid with special needs: Smart ideas in this post on Mashable.
• A dad who had a stroke learns to talk as his baby girl does: Sweet story from The Telegraph about a dad who suffered a stroke—and got the motivation to talk and walk again by watching his daughter do the same. Like a TV movie, only real life.
• "Why my blind son is returning from camp a month early": A troubling post by a father about a camp's decision to send his blind teen son home midway through. It'll make you sad. Mad, too.
• Planning to be at BlogHer? Hope so! I'm moderating a HealthMinder Day panel on Aug 2, Blogging About Your Special Needs Child, along with Marisa Howard-Karp and Kate Canterbury of The Guavalicious Life. I'd so love to see you there.
• Playground summer challenge: KaBoom!, a nonprofit dedicated to building playspaces, is running a 2012 Playground Challenge until Aug 13. For every one your family visits and tags on an KaBoom's app, you'll be entered into a weekly drawing to win gift cards, plus the grand prize trip.
• A new online travel show by my CP hero: Zach Anner, the dude who won the Oprah Your Own Show competition, has moved on to a fab place—aka the web. He's partnered with Reddit for Riding Shotgun, an Internet show in which readers get to pick where Zach goes. You can submit cities and vote on your faves here until midnight on 7/23. Here's Zach, explaining it—enjoy!
