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Health > Diagnosis
How to Fight an Insurance Denial for Your Child's Autism or ADHD Evaluation
...affects function and whether alternative, less expensive assessments...alternative, less expensive assessments could provide the same information....office or a school-based assessment, both of which cost less...an IEP based on a school assessment, the insurer may argue the...pathway, even though EI assessments...
Health > Alternative Medicine
Music Therapy and Art Therapy: When Creative Interventions Become Medical Treatment
...program, 1,000 hours of direct client contact, and 100 hours of clinical supervision. Like MT-BC therapists, ATRs work within a clinical framework: assessment, treatment planning, and documentation. The credential signals two things: clinical training and accountability. A recreational instructor may be...
Legal > Healthcare
Healthcare Decision-Making Rights: From Informed Consent to Guardianship Alternatives
Healthcare decision-making for people with I/DD: capacity assessment, healthcare POA, supported decision-making, guardianship alternatives.
Research > Brain Science
Neuroplasticity Across Disabilities: The Science of Brain Change in Children with Cerebral Palsy, Down Syndrome, and Stroke
...reorganize itself by forming new neural connections. When one pathway is damaged or underdeveloped, the brain can recruit neighboring regions or build alternative routes to accomplish the same function through three mechanisms: Synaptic strengthening. Repeated activation of a pathway makes the connection stronger....
Education > Higher Education
College Programs for Students with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities: What CTPs Offer
...Grants and work-study funding. If you're a parent or educator exploring post-secondary options for a student with IDD, CTPs represent a structured alternative to traditional four-year degree programs. They aren't remedial programs or holding environments. They're designed to build independent living skills,...
Therapies > Other
Alternative and Complementary Therapies for Special Needs Children: What the Research Says
...therapy. A friend swears by weighted blankets. You read about hippotherapy and art therapy and wonder if any of it has real evidence behind it. Alternative and complementary therapies for special needs children range from well-researched interventions with credentialed practitioners to approaches with...
Special Needs > Speech and Communication Impairments
What Speech-Language Pathologists Actually Do: A Guide for Special Needs Families
...than pronunciation. They evaluate and treat language comprehension, social communication, feeding and swallowing, voice disorders, stuttering, and alternative communication systems for children who don't use speech at all. Understanding that scope helps you find a provider whose experience matches your...
Special Needs > Epilepsy
Dietary Therapy for Epilepsy: A Parent's Guide to Ketogenic and Modified Atkins Diets
...enough. Now you're hearing about dietary therapy from other parents online, and you need to know what the evidence shows. The ketogenic diet isn't alternative medicine. It's an evidence-based neurological intervention that's been used for drug-resistant epilepsy since the 1920s. About 20 to 30 percent of...
Special Needs > Cerebral Palsy
AAC for Children with Cerebral Palsy: Finding the Right Communication System
...make her stop trying? That question reflects a fear many parents carry, and it's built on a misunderstanding about what AAC does. Augmentative and alternative communication doesn't replace speech. It supplements it, supports it, and often accelerates it. For children with cerebral palsy, AAC can be the...
News > Technology
The AAC Speech Delay Myth: What Parents Need to Know Before Starting Communication Devices
...bother learning to speak? You're not alone in that thought. It's the single most common fear that prevents parents from starting augmentative and alternative communication early. And it makes perfect intuitive sense. The problem is, it's wrong. What the Research Shows. The American Speech-Language-Hearing...
News > Research
The Autism Research Panel That Controls $2 Billion Just Lost Its Scientists
The federal IACC cancelled its March meeting after being reconstituted with vaccine-skeptic members. Scientists formed an alternative.
Legal > Discrimination
Your Employer Denied Your Accommodation Request: Know Your Rights and Next Steps
...discusses which essential job functions are affected, considers the specific accommodation you proposed, and, if that accommodation won't work, explores alternative solutions with you. The conversation is supposed to be collaborative. When your employer refuses to have that conversation, sends a one-line denial...