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Special Needs > Rare Disorders
Three Candles by Will Corcoran
...student, he quickly learned that his own childhood played a crucial role in shaping...abuse, Will Corcoran believes that his traumatic childhood experiences have given...Corcoran believes that his traumatic childhood experiences have given him a unique...account of both his own harrowing childhood and his current role as a father,...
Special Needs > General Special Needs
Reactive Attachment Disorder
...suffer intense emotional or physical trauma at a very young age. Not all children...young age. Not all children who suffer trauma will develop RAD, but a traumatic...suffer trauma will develop RAD, but a traumatic childhood is the common factor...will develop RAD, but a traumatic childhood is the common factor among children...
Financial > Government Benefits
ABLE Accounts in 2026: Your Complete Guide to Tax-Free Disability Savings After the Age 46 Expansion
...excluded by a rule that never made sense for disabilities that don't follow childhood timelines. What the ABLE Age Adjustment Act Changed. Before January 1,...whose disability developed after that age: adults with multiple sclerosis, traumatic brain injuries, progressive conditions, or late-diagnosed autism and...
Lifestyle > Relationships
How Much Caregiving Responsibility Is Too Much for a Sibling
...question is whether the help you're asking for has quietly become an expectation they can't refuse, and whether that expectation is costing them their childhood. Parentification happens when a child takes on caregiving or household management responsibilities that should belong to an adult. It's not the occasional...
Legal > Government Benefits
What to Do If Your Child's Disability Benefits Are Denied
...answer is yes, you can appeal, and the timeline starts now. Social Security denies a significant percentage of initial applications. At age 18, when childhood SSI recipients are reevaluated under adult disability standards, 55.7% are initially found ineligible. That doesn't mean the case is over. It means...
Special Needs > Spina Bifida
Recognizing Shunt Failure in Spina Bifida: Signs Every Parent Should Know
...discharge. Some failures present acutely within hours. Others develop gradually over days or weeks, with subtle behavioral shifts that blur into normal childhood variation until they don't. Here's what you're watching for, and when it's time to act. Acute Shunt Failure: Hours Matter. Acute failure typically...
Special Needs > Speech and Communication Impairments
What Speech-Language Pathologists Actually Do: A Guide for Special Needs Families
..."speech therapy." Articulation disorders (difficulty producing specific sounds like /r/ or /s/), phonological disorders (patterns of sound errors), and childhood apraxia of speech (motor planning difficulty that affects speech sequencing) all fall here. Language. Receptive language is understanding what others...
Special Needs > Cancer
Childhood Cancer Survivorship: Understanding Long-Term Effects and Disability Supports
...child can't run like they used to. Late effects are the reason. For many childhood cancer survivors, they constitute disabilities requiring long-term support....manageable. Others are disabling and lifelong. A 2020 St. Jude study tracking childhood cancer survivors into adulthood found that 95% experienced at least one...
Special Needs > Cancer
Supporting Siblings When a Child Has Cancer: A Family Guide
...control, and often less adult attention at the exact moment their world is being restructured around them. Research shows that 84% of adult siblings of childhood cancer survivors report family stress as a major issue during their brother or sister's treatment. What's less discussed is that sibling emotional...
Special Needs > Epilepsy
Dietary Therapy for Epilepsy: A Parent's Guide to Ketogenic and Modified Atkins Diets
...dietary therapy becomes the next conversation with their neurologist. Here's what you need to know about ketogenic and modified Atkins diets for childhood epilepsy, including how they work, what the research shows, and what families face when they commit to these protocols. How Dietary Therapy Works...
Special Needs > General Special Needs
Supporting Your Other Children: A Family Guide When One Child Has Special Needs
...your other children need formal support structures designed for siblings, not just better family time management. 84% of adult siblings report that childhood family stress related to their brother or sister's disability was a major issue. The stress wasn't the disability itself but the questions no one...
Special Needs > Cancer
Returning to School After Childhood Cancer: What Families Need to Know
Cancer treatment changes how the brain processes information. Here's how to get the school accommodations your child needs.