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The shows your child watches aren't neutral....too. And when your child sees someone like them...about whether your child grows up believing...and turn what your child watches into productive...consistently. First, disabled actors play disabled characters....accuracy. A non-disabled actor "playing disabled"...experience. When disabled actors are cast, the portrayal...

...viewers. "At PBS KIDS, our mission is to foster a love of learning in every child," she said. "We want to empower kids to actively pursue a passion or an...introduced. His name is Armando and he will interact a lot with the other Hispanic actors, Maria and Luis, and also the delightful Rosita, the Latina Muppet and Ovejita,...

I grew up as a child actor and model, from ages two to eighteen. I never did anything fame-worthy,... I grew up as a child actor and model, from ages two to eighteen. I never did anything fame-worthy, but...

...happen in exam rooms every day. Each one quietly teaches a young person that someone else will do the talking. Then, at 18, nearly every system that child grew up inside starts expecting them to speak for themselves. Doctors address them directly, and privacy law means a parent may not even be in the room....

A trained autism service dog can anchor a child who bolts toward a parking lot, interrupt a meltdown...a meltdown before it peaks, and track a missing child through a neighborhood in minutes. Families hear...right away: what exactly would a dog do for my child, and how do we get one without emptying every account...

...up the language they sing to their child in, and I want to start with the part...more than it gives back. Raising a child with two languages does not cause a...count what they know across both. A child who says ten words in Spanish and five...the time. The first is mixing. Your child says "más juice" or drops an English...

...mentioned horses. Maybe it was your child's physical therapist, maybe another...movement is the treatment itself. Your child isn't learning to ride. The therapist...certified riding instructor teaches your child horsemanship: holding the reins, steering,...independence. The lessons are adapted to your child's disability, but the goal is riding...

...within minutes whether a required notice never went out or a legal timeline has already been missed, and that changes what you ask for next. If your child doesn't have an IEP or...

If your child uses a wheelchair, you have probably lived some version of this appointment:...number from a home scale, or you stepping on a scale twice, once holding your child and once without. On July 8, that stopped being a limitation families are...

...box, because who says no to a dog. Parents of a child with an IEP tend to read it twice, because they...they have learned that anything happening to their child during the school day is worth understanding before...distinction matters when a parent asks whether their child can have the...

...exercises, no closed door with your child behind it. There is your kitchen, your...scheduling convenience. Where your child's services happen is written into federal...maximum extent appropriate for each child. The definition is not left to interpretation....carries a paper trail. If any of your child's services will happen somewhere other...

If your child gets occupational therapy through the Oregon Health Plan, or your family relies on a prosthetic limb, a wheelchair seating evaluation, or an ABA program,...