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News > Advocacy
Kansas Won Federal Approval for 500 Disability Waiver Slots That Open October 1
...Kansans with intellectual and developmental disabilities are waiting...intellectual and developmental disabilities are waiting for a Medicaid...old, have an intellectual disability that began before age 18...began before age 18 or a developmental disability...age 18 or a developmental disability...
News > Advocacy
Illinois Lawmakers Sent the Governor a Bill Requiring Private Equity to Disclose Disability Group Home Purchases
...late June would require providers serving people with intellectual and developmental disabilities to notify the state when an asset management company buys...require providers serving people with intellectual and developmental disabilities to notify the state when an asset management company buys them. What...
Lifestyle > Travel
How to Request Pre-Boarding When Flying with a Disability
...needs stowing near the seat, and cognitive or developmental disabilities where extra transition time matters....near the seat, and cognitive or developmental disabilities where extra transition time matters. The...need. It cannot ask you to prove or explain the disability itself, and it cannot require documentation as...
Lifestyle > Self-Care
Cost Barriers to Mental Health Care for People with Intellectual Disabilities
...an intellectual disability, works part-time...intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD)...and developmental disabilities (IDD) are five...than adults without disabilities. The barrier...individuals with developmental disabilities or apply...with developmental disabilities or apply restrictive...in intellectual disabilities are in short...
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...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,...