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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...child with an intellectual or developmental disability turns 18, you'll face dozens of decisions about...framework that lets adults with intellectual disabilities keep decision-making authority while getting...
Financial > Financial Planning
Long-Term Care Insurance and Disability: Planning for Future Care Costs
...for families with children with disabilities, standard long-term care insurance...The underwriting process treats developmental and congenital disabilities as uninsurable...treats developmental and congenital disabilities as uninsurable pre-existing conditions,...covers, why it usually doesn't fit disability care planning, and what tools deserve...
News > Advocacy
Pennsylvania Just Signed Three Executive Orders to Protect Disability Families. Here's What It Means and What Other States Can Do.
...people with disabilities. The...and share disability data, create...reestablish the Developmental Disabilities...Developmental Disabilities Council...autism and disability data from...aspects of disability rights and...limits on disability data collection....using state disability records....People with Disabilities. The...people with disabilities, family...reestablishes the Developmental Disabilities...Developmental Disabilities Council....
Assistive Tech > Mobility
Wheelchair-Accessible School Bus Transportation: Legal Rights and Practical Solutions
...safe. Under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), transportation...IDEA defines related services as "developmental, corrective, and other supportive...required to assist a child with a disability to benefit from special education."...transportation to get to school and their disability requires accommodations on that...
Therapies > Animal
Service Dog, Therapy Dog, or Emotional Support Animal: Which Is Right for Your Child?
...for a person with a disability. Under the Americans...Under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), service...directly to the handler's disability. Common tasks for children...tasks for children with disabilities: Deep pressure...self-injurious behavior (autism, developmental disabilities) Retrieving...(autism, developmental disabilities) Retrieving medication...
Social Engagement > Dating and Relationships
A Parent's Guide to Supporting Your Teen with Special Needs in Their First Relationships
...connection, acceptance, someone who sees them. The disability doesn't change that. What changes is the support...concepts take longer to internalize for kids with developmental disabilities, and they need repetition across...longer to internalize for kids with developmental disabilities, and they need repetition across contexts...
Research > Genetics
Chromosomal Microarray vs. Whole Genome Sequencing: Which Genetic Test Is Right for Your Child?
...22q11.2 deletion syndrome or Angelman syndrome when a child has autism, developmental delays, or unexplained intellectual disability. Whole exome sequencing...a child has autism, developmental delays, or unexplained intellectual disability. Whole exome sequencing (WES) reads the protein-coding portions of your...
Legal > Government Benefits
Maryland Is Cutting $250 Million in Disability Services. Families Have Days to Push Back.
...$126 million from the Developmental Disabilities Administration...from the Developmental Disabilities Administration (DDA)...Who It Serves. The Developmental Disabilities Administration...Serves. The Developmental Disabilities Administration runs...with intellectual and developmental disabilities. In fiscal...intellectual and developmental disabilities. In fiscal 2025,...
Legal > Government Benefits
Idaho Passed $22M in Medicaid Disability Cuts. Here's What Families Can Do Before the Governor Signs.
...sending $21.8 million in Medicaid disability service cuts to Governor Brad Little's...Idaho isn't the only state cutting disability services in 2026, and what happens...programs for adults and children with developmental disabilities. The math is straightforward....and children with developmental disabilities. The math is straightforward....
Special Needs > Cancer
Childhood Cancer Survivorship: Understanding Long-Term Effects and Disability Supports
...problems, or the pediatrician flagged developmental delays, or you noticed your child...cancer survivors, they constitute disabilities requiring long-term support....a different kind of medical and developmental management, one that most families...recognizing late effects, accessing disability benefits, and building the support...
Special Needs > Respiratory Health
Respiratory Health for Children with Disabilities: A Complete Family Guide
When your child has both a disability and a respiratory condition, you're...ventilator-dependent child with a developmental disability needs a school team that...ventilator-dependent child with a developmental disability needs a school team that understands...condition in children. For kids with disabilities, it often shows up differently...
Special Needs > Learning Differences
College with a Learning Difference: A Four-Year High School Preparation Guide
...wait until senior spring to think about college disability services find themselves scrambling for documentation...trying to teach self-advocacy skills that needed developmental scaffolding, and watching their child head to...arrives at college ready. Freshman Year: Name the Disability and Build the Foundation. The work in ninth grade...