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Special Needs > Diabetes
Managing Diabetes When Your Child Has Another Disability: A Dual Diagnosis Guide
Your child's blood sugar dropped to 65 during... Your child's blood sugar dropped to 65 during afternoon...through adapted approaches for blood sugar monitoring, hypoglycemia...adapted approaches for blood sugar monitoring, hypoglycemia recognition,...approaches for blood sugar monitoring, hypoglycemia recognition,...
Health > Treatment
Are Meds Making Your Child Sick?
...gastro-intestinal bleeding, changes in mental status, and extremely low or high blood sugar. Patients with special needs can be even more prone to these issues....gastro-intestinal bleeding, changes in mental status, and extremely low or high blood sugar. Patients with special needs can be even more prone to these issues. Gold...
Lifestyle > Relationships
How Much Caregiving Responsibility Is Too Much for a Sibling
...needs without being asked. If your typically developing child is checking blood sugar levels, prepping sensory tools, or redirecting behaviors before you've...without being asked. If your typically developing child is checking blood sugar levels, prepping sensory tools, or redirecting behaviors before you've...
Career > Accommodations
Accessible Restrooms and Personal Care Accommodations: Your Rights at Work
...Maybe you need privacy for medical care: managing a colostomy bag, checking blood sugar, or dealing with symptoms your coworkers don't need to know about....need privacy for medical care: managing a colostomy bag, checking blood sugar, or dealing with symptoms your coworkers don't need to know about. They're...
Therapies > Animal
Service Dog, Therapy Dog, or Emotional Support Animal: Which Is Right for Your Child?
...meltdowns or anxiety episodes (autism, sensory processing disorder) Alerting to blood sugar drops (Type 1 diabetes) Interrupting self-injurious behavior (autism,...anxiety episodes (autism, sensory processing disorder) Alerting to blood sugar drops (Type 1 diabetes) Interrupting self-injurious behavior (autism, developmental...
Special Needs > Diabetes
CGM and Insulin Pump Technology: What Parents of Children with Diabetes Need to Know
...button to deliver extra doses at meals (bolus insulin). Pumps don't check blood sugar on...to deliver extra doses at meals (bolus insulin). Pumps don't check blood sugar on...
Special Needs > Diabetes
Nick Jonas on Living with Type 1 Diabetes
...Brothers on stage and experienced a blood sugar high or low. “It's a horrible...Brothers on stage and experienced a blood sugar high or low. “It's a horrible feeling,”...horrible feeling,” he tells CNN. “High blood sugar, you're feeling thirsty, you...feeling,” he tells CNN. “High blood sugar, you're feeling thirsty, you have to...
Special Needs > Diabetes
I Was Diagnosed with Diabetes as a Teen
...that I would uncontrollably stuff my face with food every time I got low blood sugar. Everything the hospital told me about this disease went by in a blur...would uncontrollably stuff my face with food every time I got low blood sugar. Everything the hospital told me about this disease went by in a blur and...
Research > Genetics
When Genetic Testing for Autism Finds Nothing: What a Negative Result Means
You waited six weeks for the blood draw to become a report. The report arrived, and it says no clinically significant findings. Somewhere between the waiting and the reading, you had...
Special Needs > Down Syndrome
Heart Defects in Down Syndrome: What Every Parent Should Know
...In AVSD, that separation didn't form completely during fetal development. Blood flows between chambers that should remain separate, forcing the heart to...forcing the heart to work harder and allowing oxygen-rich and oxygen-poor blood to mix. AVSD occurs in approximately 40–45% of children with Down syndrome...
Special Needs > Diabetes
Your Child's 504 Plan for Diabetes: A Complete Guide for School Management
...during school hours. Your child needs access to blood glucose monitoring, insulin administration, carbohydrate...hours. Your child needs access to blood glucose monitoring, insulin administration, carbohydrate intake, and...happens (nurse's office, classroom, gym, bus) When blood glucose checks occur (scheduled and as needed)...
Special Needs > Cancer
Returning to School After Childhood Cancer: What Families Need to Know
...accommodations, and most schools won't recognize them unless you know what to ask for. What Cancer Treatment Does to the Brain. Chemotherapy crosses the blood-brain barrier because some pediatric cancers directly involve the brain or central nervous system. In targeting cancer cells, chemotherapy also affects...