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Medical > Neurology
Facing Life with a Spinal Cord Injury: A Neurological Perspective
Exploring Spinal Cord Injuries: A Neurological...conditions, spinal cord injuries are particularly...signals between the brain and the rest...understanding of these injuries from a neurological...with spinal cord injuries, the intersection...intersection of body, brain, and technology....of Spinal Cord Injuries. The human spinal...communication between the brain and body can...often cause these injuries. They can result...
Special Needs > Attention Deficit Disorders
What is ADD and ADHD?
...markers that might make a person more susceptible to ADHD. Nutrition and brain injuries have also been linked to ADHD. Signs of what is ADD and ADHD...that might make a person more susceptible to ADHD. Nutrition and brain injuries have also been linked to ADHD. Signs of what is ADD and ADHD are evident...
Special Needs > Speech and Communication Impairments
Augmentative and Alternative Communication: The Voice of Success for Your Child
...cerebral palsy, Down syndrome, autism spectrum disorders and traumatic brain injuries. These "high-tech" devices work in unison with low-tech tools under...cerebral palsy, Down syndrome, autism spectrum disorders and traumatic brain injuries. These "high-tech" devices work in unison with low-tech tools under the...
Education > Tutoring
The Voice of Success For Your Child
...cerebral palsy, Down syndrome, Autism Spectrum Disorders and traumatic brain injuries. The devices work in unison with lighter-tech tools under the AAC...cerebral palsy, Down syndrome, Autism Spectrum Disorders and traumatic brain injuries. The devices work in unison with lighter-tech tools under the AAC umbrella—picture...
Financial > Government Benefits
ABLE Accounts in 2026: Your Complete Guide to Tax-Free Disability Savings After the Age 46 Expansion
...disability developed after that age: adults with multiple sclerosis, traumatic brain injuries, progressive conditions, or late-diagnosed autism and ADHD. The...developed after that age: adults with multiple sclerosis, traumatic brain injuries, progressive conditions, or late-diagnosed autism and ADHD. The new law...
News > Advocacy
Iowa Medicaid Is Cutting Home Care for Disability Families. Here's What Families Can Do Right Now.
...Children and adults with physical disabilities, intellectual disabilities, brain injuries, and other conditions rely on these services. The...and adults with physical disabilities, intellectual disabilities, brain injuries, and other conditions rely on these services. The...
Special Needs > Multiple Sclerosis
Managing MS Fatigue in Children: What Parents and Schools Need to Know
...isn't solved by sleep. It's neurologically driven, caused by the immune system attacking myelin in the central nervous system. That damage disrupts the brain's ability to regulate energy and process information efficiently. The result is exhaustion that can hit without warning and doesn't correlate with how...
Special Needs > Learning Differences
IEP or 504: Which Plan Does Your Child with a Learning Difference Need?
...that looks different from what the rest of the class receives: not just more time or a quieter room, but teaching designed specifically for how their brain works. IDEA covers 13 disability categories, including specific learning disabilities like dyslexia, dyscalculia, and dysgraphia. But your child doesn't...
Research > Drug Development
Fragile X Drug Trials: The First Real Breakthroughs and What They Mean for Families
...Earlier Trials Failed. The mGluR5 hypothesis made sense on paper. Fragile X syndrome results from a missing protein (FMRP), and without that protein, a brain receptor called mGluR5 becomes overactive. Block the receptor, restore balance. It worked beautifully in mouse models. Three major pharmaceutical companies...
Research > Brain Science
Neuroplasticity Across Disabilities: The Science of Brain Change in Children with Cerebral Palsy, Down Syndrome, and Stroke
...thing across all of them. Can a brain damaged by oxygen deprivation...birth rewire the same way a brain does after a stroke at age four?...Everyone. Neuroplasticity is the brain's ability to reorganize itself...damaged or underdeveloped, the brain can recruit neighboring regions...Cortical remapping. When a brain region is damaged, nearby areas...
Research > Brain Science
Brain Connectivity and Cerebral Palsy: Why More Isn't Always Better
...the assumption that a brain working harder to recruit...cerebral palsy who had higher brain connectivity had worse...functional MRI to map brain connectivity in children...active pathways across more brain regions, scored lower on...connectivity did better. What the brain was doing, it turned out,...cortex to the muscles, the brain recruits other regions...
Research > Assistive Tech
Brain-Computer Interfaces for Children Who Can't Speak: Research, Reality, and How to Access Trials
If you've searched for brain-computer interfaces for...might qualify for. What Brain-Computer Interfaces Are....brain-Computer Interfaces Are. A brain-computer interface measures...brain-computer interface measures brain activity and translates...that rest on or near the brain without penetrating tissue...picks up the associated brain signal, decodes it, and...