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...autism, Fragile X syndrome, cerebral palsy, and diabetes. It also gives parents the ability to easily...other caregivers. iBioMed makes keeping track of medications, side effects, medication supply levels, lab...makes keeping track of medications, side effects, medication supply levels, lab tests, therapies, diets, and...

...(autism, sensory processing disorder) Alerting to blood sugar drops (Type 1 diabetes) Interrupting self-injurious behavior (autism, developmental disabilities)...self-injurious behavior (autism, developmental disabilities) Retrieving medication or emergency alert devices (epilepsy, cerebral palsy) Blocking or creating...

Understanding Diabetes and Special...Needs. Diabetes is a condition...getting diabetes. It is important...signs of diabetes and how...signs of diabetes are feeling...if it is diabetes. Taking...care of diabetes means making...managing diabetes. Healthy...Eating for Diabetes. Food plays...controlling diabetes. People...eating with diabetes are: Eat...difference in diabetes care. Families...needs and diabetes. Being active...

...from then I would be stared down by strangers while trying to take my medication. I had no idea that I would uncontrollably stuff my face with food every...seemed like a nightmare. I felt the need to hide myself when taking my medication just to keep others from staring at me like some drug addict. I felt like...

...they're feeling? Managing diabetes when your child also...disability isn't just standard diabetes care with extra steps....get misread. Standard diabetes education assumes verbal...and communication when diabetes intersects with another...disability. Why Dual Diagnosis Diabetes Management Is Different....Different. Type 1 and type 2 diabetes management rely heavily...

The technology for managing type 1 diabetes has changed dramatically in the past five years. Where parents once relied on fingersticks multiple times a day and manual insulin injections, many...

...was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes three weeks ago. You've learned...they do. What a 504 Plan for Diabetes Covers. A 504 plan for diabetes...diabetes Covers. A 504 plan for diabetes isn't about classroom modifications....should specify: Who provides diabetes care (school nurse, trained...accommodations protect learning when diabetes management interrupts class...

...search for new treatments, better therapies, or hopeful clinical trial results for your child's condition. The list is short. Then you search autism or diabetes and the volume is staggering. The gap reflects where research dollars go, and understanding that pattern is the first step toward changing it. How...

...special education services, but it does provide legally binding accommodations that schools are required to implement. For children with ADHD, anxiety, diabetes, dyslexia, and many other conditions, this is the law that was written for them. Understanding who qualifies, what the process looks like, and what...

...your child is a toddler or a teenager, transition is a word you need to know. As the parent of a teenager with asthma, allergies, cystic fibrosis, diabetes, epilepsy, hemophilia, or any other serious medical condition, your medical professionals have probably talked with you about "transition." But don't...

...Mr. Knauf: Sure. The idea is that there is a certain population of kids who have what we generically call special needs. It could be anything from diabetes, to ADD, to autism, to orthopedic disabilities to blindness. Federal law requires that these kids, regardless of abilities or disabilities, are provided...

...do this to herself? Then compassion took over and I felt her pain. Deep pain over missing her mother. The pain over being different because of her diabetes. The pain of having an arm that didn't work fully due to complications at birth. The pain of being a teenager that doesn't feel she "fits in." Then...