: About Me

Wendy Bulawa Agudelo, who resides north of Boston, Mass., currently moonlights as the Special Needs columnist for Parents and Kids Magazine. She is the parent of several children with special needs (Down syndrome and Autism), including a set of twin boys. In her spare time, she is an avid features writer covering a broad array of parenting topics from special needs to travel with infants. She also fancies herself a 'foodie' and is forever trying out new recipes with which to shock and amaze her friends and family. During the day, she earns her stripes as a self-made entrepreneur, operating a  12-year-old public relations consultancy, Image Professors, and recently launched a theme gift basket business, Period Packs, which celebrates a young girl's foray into womanhood.

My parents always told me ...

that I should become a writer.

My childhood ambition ...

was to become a broadcast journalist, then a lawyer, then an international relations professional....none of which panned out.

Why I write ...

because through writing, I learn more about the world around me.

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

I'm now reading Louder than Words and a slew of books on Autism.

My first job ...

was working in my father's dental office.

My inspiration ...

has and forever will be, my three children-whose strength, courage and never-fail attitude makes me want to strive to know more and be more each and every day.

Parenting & Pregnancy > Special Needs Living with and loving children with special needs

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The physicians and nurses in the NICU were very concerned that our newborn daughter wouldn’t successfully feed. Before even allowing us to offer her a breast or bottle, they placed an IV in her arm—causing a massive infiltrate which scarred her for life. On that day, we witnessed the lack of faith and low expectations displayed by medical professionals of varying years of experience, simply because our daughter was born with Down syndrome. Because of her medical diagnosis, she was viewed insensitively as a classic textbook example requiring standard steps of care—not as a...

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