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Navigating Diabetes Care for Individuals with Special Needs
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Special Needs > Diabetes
Managing Diabetes When Your Child Has Another Disability: A Dual Diagnosis Guide
...feeling? Managing diabetes when your child...just standard diabetes care with extra...standard diabetes care with extra steps....misread. Standard diabetes education assumes...managing them in the same body...communication when diabetes intersects with...Dual Diagnosis Diabetes Management Is...1 and type 2 diabetes management rely...sensations with the need for action. When...
Special Needs > Diabetes
Your Child's 504 Plan for Diabetes: A Complete Guide for School Management
...Type 1 diabetes three...sites in the dark....medical care they need...care they need during...discrimination in programs...school in the country...accommodations in writing...Here's what needs to be...to be in it, what...Plan for Diabetes Covers....plan for diabetes isn't...child needs access...provides diabetes care (school...diabetes care (school...stored and care happens...learning when diabetes management..."We'll take care of...
Parenting > Adulthood
Successfully Transitioning Special Needs Kids
...Pediatrics into Adult Care Whether your child...transition is a word you need to know. As the parent...cystic fibrosis, diabetes, epilepsy, hemophilia,...process should start in early childhood if..."transition," as used in the medical community,...adult-oriented health care system.'" So, "transition"...into adult medical care. The word "transfer"...the specific point in time that a patient...
Lifestyle > Independence
Transitions: Honesty Is the Best Policy
...critical. Children need to learn the facts...conditions, including care requirements. Many...(ten-year-old) daughter take care of her diabetes. I...daughter take care of her diabetes. I don’t want to scare...not a wise decision in the long run. How can...his daughter take her diabetes seriously if she doesn’t...a threat, but we do need to make sure our children...
Parenting > Adulthood
Transitions: Raising Wise Children
...into the wisdom needed to take good care of themselves especially with an illness...like cystic fibrosis, hemophilia, or diabetes where the results of poor care may...diabetes where the results of poor care may be decades away. So where does...stating that, as unpopular as it may be in modern-day America, is: "People have...
Research > Funding
Where Research Dollars Go: Understanding Funding Gaps Across Disability Conditions
...condition. The list is short. Then you search autism or diabetes and the volume is staggering. The gap reflects...closely with advocacy infrastructure than medical need. Within each condition's funding envelope, allocation...pediatric outcomes. For families planning long-term care into adulthood, that 2.3% represents the entire...
Therapies > Animal
Service Dog, Therapy Dog, or Emotional Support Animal: Which Is Right for Your Child?
...one is free but only works in facilities, and one requires...program would meet their child's needs immediately at no cost. This...ADA Access. A service dog is individually trained to perform specific...to blood sugar drops (Type 1 diabetes) Interrupting self-injurious...Blocking or creating space in crowds (anxiety, PTSD) If...
Special Needs > Diabetes
CGM and Insulin Pump Technology: What Parents of Children with Diabetes Need to Know
...technology for managing type 1 diabetes has changed dramatically in...diabetes has changed dramatically in the past five years. Where parents...them at school, here's what you need to know. What Is a CGM? A continuous...you can see what's happening in real time, not just a snapshot...fingersticks (you may still need to confirm readings before giving...
Education > Accommodations
Section 504 Plans Explained: When Your Child Needs Support But Does Not Qualify for an IEP
...doesn't qualify for special education, the conversation...plan doesn't provide special education services,...with ADHD, anxiety, diabetes, dyslexia, and many...IEP. To qualify for special education under IDEA,...categories and must need specially designed...impairment doesn't need to be severe. It needs...need to be severe. It needs to substantially limit...
Education > Accommodations
The IEP Process Explained by an Attorney
...Knauf Associates in Santa Monica, CA....firm specializes in disability rights...for Section 504 special education disputes....enough to speak with SpecialNeeds.com and answer some...generically call special needs. It could...generically call special needs. It could be anything...be anything from diabetes, to ADD, to autism,...qualify for these special education services?...
Health > Mental Health
RADs and Cutting
...intense guilt. How could I not have known she was in such emotional pain that she had resorted to cutting...mother. The pain over being different because of her diabetes. The pain of having an arm that didn't work fully...of being a teenager that doesn't feel she "fits in." Then the panic hit. What if she continues to...