Support Board Intentions & Guidelines

The BPPF Support Board was created so that parents of children with BPI and individuals with BPI could come together to ask questions; share thoughts, experiences, ideas, and emotions (happy and sad) in a safe and nurturing environment... and especially for new moms and dads beginning the BPI journey.

This support board has been created and will be maintained in the spirit and intention of respect, honor, compassion, love and kindness.

A group of eight "seasoned" parents have taken on the responsibility of being the caretakers of the support board. You will notice that we changed the name from "message board" to "support board" and also from "moderators" to "caretakers". This change came about because we wanted you to view this place differently than the many other message boards currently out there. We hope that this forum will be a truly "supportive" place and our moderators are just here to "take care" of the community.

Only families and individuals with BPI are invited to attend this support board. This will not be a place where attorneys, doctors and internet trolls will visit. You will have to submit a request for entrance and you will also have to provide personal information to our Caretaker Group. The group will assign you your login name and give you access to enter. Please do not share your login and password with anyone else.

The site now has a dedicated IP address and has an SSL (secure) certificate. What this means is that you can use our online input / registration forms safely and with confidence. To view the certificate, just click on the little animated box on any of our input forms. If you have any questions, you can contact caretakers@brachialplexuspalsyfoundation.org.

Anonymous guests and aliases will not be allowed because doing so will go against the intentions stated.

Anything discussed on the support board must be viewed as educational information only. Please seek professional medical advice for any question you may post here.

This is not the place for heated debates, the "my doctor is better than your doctor and this is why" posts, or any conversations that have even the slightest feeling of being a targeted attack. And to protect the grieving hearts of new moms and dads, dark humor will not be allowed as well.

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