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Special Needs > Diabetes
Your Child's 504 Plan for Diabetes: A Complete Guide for School Management
...factors, and how to change pump...school wants to meet about...you're supposed to know what to...know what to ask for. A...child's access to the medical...the school day. It's named...what needs to be in it, what...resist, and how to push back when...about medical management during school...needs access to blood glucose...when diabetes management interrupts...administration, when to call 911)...
Special Needs > Cystic Fibrosis
Cystic Fibrosis Day-to-Day Management: Airway Clearance, Nutrition, and School
...fibrosis, daily management becomes the framework...happens twice a day, every day. Enzyme...twice a day, every day. Enzyme capsules...components of CF management: what airway clearance...modulators do, and how to structure school...airways thickens due to defective CFTR...standard is 20 to 30 minutes per...session, twice a day. Morning clearance...vest connected to an air pulse generator....
Health > Mental Health
Caregiver Burnout in Special Needs Parenting: Recognition, Prevention, and Recovery
...email that starts with "We need to talk about..." The insurance...appointment you drive 40 minutes to because it's the only provider...you made it yesterday and the day before. And somewhere in there,...It is a predictable response to sustained demand without sufficient...laziness, weakness, or bad time management. The World Health Organization...
Assistive Tech > Apps
Special Needs App of the Day: i See-quence Daily Schedules
...Recall My Day and Learn...capabilities live up to expectations...photo stories to support individuals...throughout the day, such as breakfast...breakfast or going to school. The...allows the user to upload personal...checkmark feature to show the completion...one for each day of the week....look at the day's schedule....throughout your day, you can mark...end of the day, you can go...you did that day and check...and check to see if you...
Special Needs > Attention Deficit Disorders
Title: Summertime Recommendations for Children with ADHD
...year, a time to relax. But...reflection, a time to evaluate...opportunity to implement...can follow to ensure you...child’s ability to meet expectations....EFFECTIVE TIME MANAGEMENT Break the...more likely to sustain focus...see tasks to completion....you want to reinforce...determination to succeed,...carry over to the following...summer months to implement...activities to stimulate...routine each day, such as...
Special Needs > Autism Spectrum
Sleep and Autism: Evidence-Based Help for Children Who Can't Fall Asleep or Stay Asleep
You put your child to bed at 8:30. At 10:00 they're...you're lying on the floor next to their bed hoping your presence...chronic sleep problems, according to multiple studies tracking sleep...what the research shows and how to use both. Why Autistic Children...that are manageable during the day can become overwhelming at night...
Research > Brain Science
Brain Connectivity and Cerebral Palsy: Why More Isn't Always Better
...working harder to recruit more pathways...get your child to better motor outcomes....they're trying to achieve. The Study...functional MRI to map brain connectivity...comparing that to standardized assessments...from the cortex to the muscles, the...other regions to help. That shows...doing more work to get less reliable...families see every day. What "Compensatory"...keep returning to, because it reframes...
News > Sports
Kendall Gretsch Won the First Gold at the 2026 Paralympics. She Chose This Sport After Para Triathlon Was Cut from Rio.
...para biathlon sprint title on Day 1. Perfect shooting: all ten...that might eventually make it to the Paralympics, or pivot to...to the Paralympics, or pivot to something entirely new with a...entirely new with a guaranteed path to the Games. She chose the guaranteed...Disciplines she had never competed in. Day 1: The Sprint That Set the Tone....
Therapies > Other
Deep Pressure Therapy and Weighted Blankets: What Parents of Children with Special Needs Should Know
...themselves in blankets during the day, or crashes into furniture repeatedly....uses firm, consistent touch to activate the parasympathetic...She designed a squeeze machine to deliver controlled deep pressure,...These receptors send signals to the brain that trigger the release...calming effect that can last 20 to 30 minutes after the pressure...
Legal > Government Benefits
Maryland Is Cutting $250 Million in Disability Services. Families Have Days to Push Back.
...conference committee meets Friday, March 27, to reconcile differences between the two...services in Maryland, you have days to influence the outcome. What the DDA...personal care, residential support, day programs, job coaching, and respite...new cuts will reduce what's available to those already enrolled. What the Senate...
News > Sports
Oksana Masters Won Five Medals at the 2026 Winter Paralympics. She Came to Italy Off a Season Lost to a Bone Infection.
...Masters walked into Day 1 of the 2026 Winter...missing all of 2024-25 to a bone infection, after...winter, after traveling to Italy as the most experienced...was hoping was just to have a good time in...season was supposed to be another year on the...or don't. She chose to come back. By February...she had rebuilt enough to earn her spot on the...
Financial > Scholarships
Writing a Scholarship Essay About Your Disability: What Works (and What Doesn't)
...Yours needs to do something...experience directly to what you're trying...you're trying to build. Here's...build. Here's how to write one that...Compare that to: "I learned to...to: "I learned to advocate for...things happened to. Start with what...if it needs to come at all....your capacity to contribute. Show...write about the day you had to train...day you had to train a new aide...