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Social Engagement > Discrimination
Recognizing Ableism: How Everyday Microaggressions Harm People with Disabilities
...you're "so inspiring" for going to work. A stranger speaks slowly and loudly to you even though your disability has nothing to do with hearing or cognition. Someone compliments your colleague for "being so patient" with you. You know something is wrong, but when you name it, you're told you're being too...
Medical > Neurology
Navigating Epilepsy: Comprehensive Guide for Individuals with Special Needs
...sphere of neurology, few conditions are weighed with as much...better understand this medical condition and its effect on those with...body movement, making the condition a formidable one to deal with...quality of life and underlying cognitive or physical challenges. Identifying...on two essential factors: cognition and behavior. Changes in social...
Parenting > Diagnosis
Early Diagnosis and Independent Assessments: Paving the Path for Your Child's Success
...provider of the assessment and recommendations for services is tied directly to the funding source. Comprehensive assessments (verbal/non-verbal cognition, neuro-psychological and executive functioning, language, problem solving, social skills,...
Parenting > Diagnosis
Early Diagnosis and Independent Assessments: Paving the Way for Your Child's Success
...provider of the assessment and recommendations for services is tied directly to the funding source. Comprehensive assessments (verbal/non-verbal cognition, neuro-psychological and executive functioning, lan- guage, problem solving, social skills, attention, memory, and adaptive behavior)...
Education > Early Intervention
5 Unexpected Ways to Jump Start Your Child
...efficient balance also refine the brain's temporal processes. Demands on timing require a significant expansion of neuron firing, which in turn increase cognition and intelligence. For example, it takes approximately 500,000 neurons to develop the timing ability to hit a target at five feet verus 32 million...
News > Research
Scientists Found the First Gene Linked Only to Autism's Social and Repetitive Behaviors. Here's What Families Need to Know.
...autism's core social and repetitive behavioral traits without affecting cognition. The team analyzed genomic data from over 9,300 individuals with autism...social communication, and difficulties with social interaction without cognitive deficits or hyperactivity. Bradley noted that "there is a different biology...
News > Technology
Your Child's Doctor Now Has to Have an Accessible Exam Table and Wheelchair-Accessible Scale
...one scale. General practices must make at least 10 percent of each type of diagnostic equipment accessible. Clinics that focus on mobility-related conditions, such as physical therapy and rehabilitation centers, must reach 20 percent. Any equipment bought or leased after July 8, 2024 already had to meet...
Lifestyle > Travel
Wheelchair Damage During Air Travel: How to Protect Your Chair and File a Claim
...wheelchair an automatic violation of the Air Carrier Access Act. The centerpiece sits in 14 CFR 382.130(a): an airline must return a checked device in the condition it received it, and when it fails to, a rebuttable presumption kicks in. The airline is presumed to have broken your chair, and the airline has to...
Research > Genetics
When Genetic Testing for Autism Finds Nothing: What a Negative Result Means
...Those are different statements, and the distance between them is where families lose months. The Numbers Behind a Negative Report. Autism is not a condition that a genetic test diagnoses. More than 100 genes have documented ties to autism, and none of them functions as a test you pass or fail. Across everyone...
Education > Early Intervention
IFSP Explained: The 8 Required Components of Your Child's Individualized Family Service Plan
...The 8 Required Components. 1. Present levels of development. A written statement of where your child currently stands across five areas: physical, cognitive, communication, social-emotional, and adaptive development. This comes from the evaluation, not from a checklist someone filled out in the hallway....
Lifestyle > Travel
How to Request Pre-Boarding When Flying with a Disability
...a wheelchair, medical equipment that needs stowing near the seat, and cognitive or developmental disabilities where extra transition time matters. The...explain the disability itself, and it cannot require documentation as a condition of pre-boarding....
Legal > Government Benefits
25 States Sue to Block Medicaid's New Work Requirements Rule for Disabled Adults
...week's news doesn't hand you a reason to stop. A coalition of 25 states and Washington, D.C. filed suit in...place. CMS's definition requires a beneficiary's condition to "significantly limit" their ability to work,...struggling with another serious or complex health condition, shouldn't be at risk of losing the care" that...