Results
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...
Special Needs > Diabetes
Managing Diabetes When Your Child Has Another Disability: A Dual Diagnosis Guide
...diabetes when your child also has a developmental, cognitive, or physical disability...developmental, cognitive, or physical disability isn't just standard diabetes care...diabetes intersects with another disability. Why Dual Diagnosis Diabetes Management...child also has autism, intellectual disability, cerebral palsy, or another...
Social Engagement > Friends and Family
Supporting Siblings of Children with Special Needs: A Parent's Guide
...stress related to their brother or sister's disability was a major issue. Most of that stress wasn't...major issue. Most of that stress wasn't the disability itself but the questions no one answered, the...Asking. Three questions surface across every developmental stage. Siblings don't always ask them directly,...
Social Engagement > Community Living
How to Find Social Groups and Community Programs for People with Disabilities
...exist for adults with disabilities are often invisible...Local Chapters. National disability organizations with local...with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Local...intellectual and developmental disabilities. Local chapters...events for adults with developmental disabilities. Programming...adults with developmental disabilities. Programming varies...
Research > Genetics
Understanding Genetic Testing for Autism, Cerebral Palsy, and Developmental Disabilities: A Parent's Guide
...cerebral palsy, global developmental delay. The pediatrician...Genetic testing after a developmental diagnosis isn't about confirming...your child's symptoms and developmental pattern. It doesn't always...36-53% of unexplained global developmental delay or intellectual disability...developmental delay or intellectual disability cases. Those numbers matter...