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Stress-Free Road Trips
Planning Stress-Free Road Trips with Children with Special Needs Everyone loves vacations and going to new places, but...with a special needs child. Here are some helpful hints to make your family's next road trip a little smoother. Renting the Right Car If you decide...
News > Advocacy
The DOJ Just Sued SeaWorld Over Its Ban on Wheelie Walkers. Here's What Families with Disabilities Need to Know.
The U.S. Department of Justice filed...III of the ADA by preventing children, veterans, and other individuals...Harmeet K. Dhillon in the DOJ's press release. The DOJ's investigation...DOJ's press release. The DOJ's investigation found that the...mobility equipment and accessing entertainment venues. United Parks' Defense....
Therapies > Music
Music Therapy for Autism: How Rhythm and Melody Support Communication
...something unpredictable. Researchers call this entrainment, the tendency of motor and auditory systems to...same mechanism that helps someone with Parkinson's walk more evenly to a metronome, and it applies...right-side areas that remain available in many children whose left-hemisphere speech networks are struggling....
Parenting > Diagnosis
Processing the Grief: Emotional Stages After a Disability Diagnosis
...someone upstairs handed you a report with your child's name at the top and a diagnosis printed underneath...the pregnancy test: the school play, the driver's license at sixteen, the phone call from a dorm room....at sixteen, the phone call from a dorm room. Two children now occupy the same room. There is the one you imagined,...
Education > Early Intervention
Vision and Hearing Services in Early Intervention: Why Sensory Screening Comes First
...want to know when your child's hearing was last tested. I've...building learning plans for young children, and every one of those plans...someone has to confirm what's reaching the child in the first...child in the first place. That's the job of sensory screening,...of sensory screening, and it's why vision and hearing sit at...
Therapies > Music
Music Therapy vs. Music Lessons: Why They're Not the Same Thing
...name. A music school lists lessons for children with special needs. A pediatric clinic...many teachers work wonderfully with children who have disabilities. The goal stays...patience, and identity, and for plenty of children with special needs, a weekly lesson...with a clinical goal, whether that's communication, motor control, emotional...
Education > Early Intervention
Feeding Therapy in Early Intervention: When Your Baby or Toddler Has Trouble Eating
...probably heard "she'll eat when she's hungry" from at least one well-meaning...well-meaning relative. sometimes that's true. Often, for the children...that's true. Often, for the children I'm describing, it isn't, and...intervention, the public program serving children from birth to age three, treats...without a diagnosis or a doctor's referral. When Trouble Eating...
Special Needs > Attention Deficit Disorders
Driving with ADHD: How to Tell If a Pattern of Small Crashes Is a Safety Problem
...two years of supervised practice, passes driver's education, passes the road test, and spends a year...The most reliable number comes from a study at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, published in JAMA Pediatrics...reliable number comes from a study at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, published in JAMA Pediatrics...
Parenting > Adulthood
Social Security Benefits in Adulthood: What Every Parent of a Child with Disabilities Must Plan For
Two dates will reorganize your child's benefits, and only one of them is on...From that birthday on, only your child's own finances matter, which means many...even though they never qualified as children. If you were denied years ago because...some young adults who qualified as children are found ineligible as adults. Prepare...
Legal > Government Benefits
North Carolina Is Set to Restrict Out-of-State Behavior Analysts and Tighten ABA Reauthorization on August 1
...certified as behavior analysts by North Carolina's board, 1,917 live in the state. The remaining 2,093...and why some families are hearing that their child's therapist may not be there in the fall. The changes...projections above $1 billion by 2027. The number of children receiving ABA rose from 8,704 in 2024 to 13,447...
Education > Early Intervention
Bilingual Children and Speech Delays: What's Normal and When to Get an Evaluation
...a speech delay. Decades of research point the same direction. Bilingual children hit the major language milestones on roughly the same timeline as children...children hit the major language milestones on roughly the same timeline as children learning one language, as long as you count what they know across both....
Education > Early Intervention
Natural Learning Environments in Early Intervention: Why Your Child's Therapy Happens at Home
...are not a scheduling convenience. Where your child's services happen is written into federal law, and...IDEA is the federal early intervention program for children from birth to age three. It requires that services...requirement carries a paper trail. If any of your child's services will happen somewhere other than a natural...