Special Needs Articles

Drug Addiction is Hurting Relationship

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Thursday, April 12th, 2012
My boyfriend and I have been together for almost three years. We get along great and would do anything for each other. However, our relationship has taken a slight turn for the worse just this past month. My boyfriend smokes marijuana everyday (I personally do ...
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Shy, Awkward Teen Wants Help

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Friday, February 17th, 2012
I need help. :( I'm 18 and I have several problems going on in my life. I am a shy (male) senior student in high school unsure of my plans of what to do in college and how to get a scholarship in the ...
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Give Back the Guide Dog?

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Sunday, February 12th, 2012
Hi. I wrote to you over a year ago about my loneliness, and being stuck by myself due to not having a driver's license because of a vision impairment. At the same time I let you know I did ride a bike around Sarasota for ...
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Might I Have Aspergers?

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Sunday, November 6th, 2011
I am 39 about to turn 40 and I think I may have asperger's. I live alone, have only one friend, never dated, can't hold a conversation with anyone, very intelligent but am completely isolated from people. I hate changes, very anxious and paranoid when ...
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Husband wants to call it quits

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Friday, September 30th, 2011
Hello, I have been married for 16 years and my husband and I are having difficulties. He works from home and I am a stay at home wife/mother. So, we are together 24/7. We have three children, our youngest, age four has Down Syndrome. ...
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I can’t seem to make friends

By Daniel J. Tomasulo, PhD, TEP, MFA on Monday, August 1st, 2011
I really want to make friends, but I can't seem to. I have never been the most popular person in any situation, and though that's not my main goal, I strive to make more friends. I'm not quick on my feet and I don't have ...
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I’m Caring for Mentally Ill Adult Brother

By Julie Hanks, LCSW on Sunday, July 24th, 2011
If something was to happen to me my brother would not be able to survive.  I need help. My mother adopted my brother at 13 whom is 21 now.  He had been foster care since he was 2 years old.  They labeled him as mentally ...
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Learning Issue Affecting Work Performance

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Saturday, July 23rd, 2011
Hi, lately I have been more and more concerned that I am a slow learner and get nervous socially especially in a new crowd of people. This year I started a new job and did not pass my 3 month probation, the reasons given were ...
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Depression in my relationship

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Thursday, June 2nd, 2011
I have been dating my boyfriend for 6 years. About a month ago I told him I wanted to move out. I have felt like for 6 years I have spent my time and energy devoted to him and not me. He is disabled so ...
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Does this sound consistent with ADD?

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Tuesday, January 11th, 2011
My whole life I have been told by teachers and everything that I have ADD. I was always in trouble, failing stuff, talked to much, made noise and never could sit still. I even always had reading comprehension problems. My teachers even tried to tell ...
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Overanalyzing controls my life!

By Daniel J. Tomasulo, PhD, TEP, MFA on Saturday, August 28th, 2010
I tend to overanalyze simple things, and I can't seem to take things at face value. I always feel that there is a deeper meaning to anything that is said, and I rack my brain until I figure out what the deeper meaning may ...
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Help please! I’m disabled and my parents hate me

By Daniel J. Tomasulo, PhD, TEP, MFA on Sunday, August 15th, 2010
I am disabled and have to rely on my parents, especially my father for a lot of my basic needs. I can't walk so my father ends up having to lift me in/out of my wheelchair, help take me to the bathroom, etc. ...
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