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Parenting > General
How to Use Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month to Advocate at Your Child's School
...marks Developmental Disabilities...Developmental Disabilities Awareness...Disabilities Awareness Month....Awareness Month. It's...with a developmental disability,...What the Month Is Developmental...Month Is Developmental Disabilities...Developmental Disabilities Awareness...Disabilities Awareness Month...Awareness Month is led...Councils on Developmental Disabilities...Developmental Disabilities and its...intellectual disabilities, Down...
Therapies > Occupational
Occupational Therapy Month
...promotions to increase autism awareness, April is a pretty full month....awareness, April is a pretty full month. However, autism shares April...lovingly calls April "OT Month." The AOTA says an occupational...outcomes help a child with disabilities participate in school and...therapy helps children through developmental milestones, and they help...
Therapies > Physical
Helping Child with Special Needs Through Yoga
My son, Miguelangel, is 3 months old. He has Down syndrome...yoga practice when he was a month old, and I am pleased with...various mental and physical disabilities.” Marsha Wenig is the founder...increases children’s self-awareness, self-care, self-esteem and...routine according to the developmental age of the child. Suitable,...
Special Needs > Diabetes
Managing Diabetes When Your Child Has Another Disability: A Dual Diagnosis Guide
...since diagnosis: how do I teach hypoglycemia awareness to a child who can't reliably communicate what...Managing diabetes when your child also has a developmental, cognitive, or physical disability isn't just...model assumes verbal communication, symptom awareness, and the cognitive ability to connect internal...
Medical > Psychiatry
The Hidden Mental Health Crisis: Why Teenagers with Disabilities Need Psychiatric Care (And How to Access It)
...typical. Teenagers with disabilities are up to five times more...than their peers without disabilities. The research is consistent:...isn't random. Teenagers with disabilities face the same developmental...disabilities face the same developmental stressors as any adolescent:...from repeated procedures, awareness of difference, restricted...
Research > Clinical Trials
Clinical Trials and Their Impact on Special Needs Populations
...Individuals with special needs, such as those with developmental disabilities or rare diseases, can especially...special needs, such as those with developmental disabilities or rare diseases, can especially benefit from...families to take part in clinical trials: Lack of awareness that clinical trials are an option Trials often...
Special Needs > Autism Spectrum
Agency Spotlight: Special Needs Network–Reaching Out to Families Dealing With Autism
...larger mission is to raise public awareness of developmental disabilities and...is to raise public awareness of developmental disabilities and to impact public...public awareness of developmental disabilities and to impact public policy, while...underserved communities and mainstream developmental disability organizations and governmental...
News > Lifestyle
Airlines Are Training Staff to Support Autistic Travelers. Here's What Families Should Know Before They Fly.
...complete mandatory accredited autism awareness training, developed in partnership...around training for airline staff on developmental disabilities. Carriers are expected...for airline staff on developmental disabilities. Carriers are expected to complete...first focuses on general autism awareness, while the second is tailored specifically...
Lifestyle > Art
How to Choose an Inclusive Art Program for Your Child with Special Needs
...someone to teach children with disabilities; specific training does....working with people with disabilities. VSA (formerly Very Special...Arts) offers professional development in inclusive teaching methods,...teaching methods, disability awareness, and curriculum adaptation....who's encountered a range of disabilities and knows how to modify...
Lifestyle > Independence
When to Step Back: Balancing Support with Independence
...Research on Over-Helping. Developmental psychologists call it learned...2019 study published in Developmental Psychology tracked 240 children...tracked 240 children with developmental disabilities across 18 months....children with developmental disabilities across 18 months. Researchers...developmental disabilities across 18 months. Researchers found that...
Financial > Financial Planning
Financial Planning for Adults with Intellectual Disabilities: Supported Decision-Making for Money
When your child with an intellectual or developmental disability turns 18, you'll face dozens of decisions about their adult...decision-making (SDM) is a legal framework that lets adults with intellectual disabilities keep decision-making authority while getting support from people they...
Financial > Financial Planning
Long-Term Care Insurance and Disability: Planning for Future Care Costs
...costs. But for families with children with disabilities, standard long-term care insurance policies...child needs. The underwriting process treats developmental and congenital disabilities as uninsurable pre-existing...process treats developmental and congenital disabilities as uninsurable pre-existing conditions, and...