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Global Insights > Advocacy
Teaching Your Child to Self-Advocate: Age-by-Age Strategies from Elementary Through High School
...in situations they can handle. By the time they're navigating college disability services or workplace accommodations, they've practiced hundreds of times...working and how to communicate that to a trusted adult. Start with self-awareness. Help your child notice what helps them focus, what makes them overwhelmed,...
Special Needs > Diabetes
Managing Diabetes When Your Child Has Another Disability: A Dual Diagnosis Guide
...how do I teach hypoglycemia awareness to a child who can't reliably...developmental, cognitive, or physical disability isn't just standard diabetes...diabetes intersects with another disability. Why Dual Diagnosis Diabetes...verbal communication, symptom awareness, and the cognitive ability...has autism, intellectual disability, cerebral palsy, or another...
Medical > Psychiatry
The Hidden Mental Health Crisis: Why Teenagers with Disabilities Need Psychiatric Care (And How to Access It)
...disorders occurring alongside the disability. Less than a quarter receive mental...left trying to distinguish between disability-related behavior, typical adolescent...pressure, physical changes. Then add disability-specific layers: chronic pain, social...trauma from repeated procedures, awareness of difference, restricted independence,...
Global Insights > Culture
Understanding Disability Culture: Identity, Community, and Pride for Families New to the Conversation
...with a disability." You learned...learned awareness campaigns,...mentions Disability Pride Month,...frameworks. The awareness era taught...model: disability as something...overcome. Disability culture...model: disability as one...layer. What Disability Culture...defines disability culture...version: disability culture...includes disability art, disability...disability art, disability history...events like Disability Pride Month...
Education > Tutoring
Dyscalculia Tutoring: Evidence-Based Strategies for the Overlooked Math Learning Disability
...percent of school-age children have dyscalculia, a specific math learning disability as neurologically grounded as dyslexia. Yet it receives a fraction of...dyslexia. Yet it receives a fraction of the attention, funding, and parent awareness. Many educators attribute symptoms to laziness, anxiety, or being "not...
Parenting > General
How to Use Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month to Advocate at Your Child's School
...the country marks Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month. It's a national observance. Formally,...families raising a child with a developmental disability, it can be something else: a moment where the...What the Month Is Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month is led nationally by the National Association...
Social Engagement > Discrimination
Fostering a Sense of Belonging for People with Disabilities in Society
...Offer inclusive recreational, social, and volunteer opportunities Promote disability awareness and combat stereotypes through education Involve people with...inclusive recreational, social, and volunteer opportunities Promote disability awareness and combat stereotypes through education Involve people with disabilities...
News > Employment
Headspace's Commitment to Disability Inclusion: A Model for Corporate Leadership
...commitment to disability inclusion through...recognized by Disability:IN, a nonprofit...that promotes disability inclusion in...to Work for Disability Inclusion" and...actions toward disability inclusion and...by signing Disability:IN's CEO Letter...Disability:IN's CEO Letter on Disability Inclusion. This...prioritizing disability inclusion at...recent Autism Awareness Month panel,...
Health > Exercise
Empowering Individuals with Special Needs Through Adaptive Yoga
...physical fitness and mobility Better posture and alignment Increased body awareness Enhanced concentration and focus Greater self-confidence and self-esteem...online directories like Yoga Alliance or ask for recommendations from local disability organizations. Before your first class, talk to the instructor about your...
Social Engagement > Discrimination
Promoting Social Inclusion and Engagement for People with Disabilities
...inclusion for people with disabilities. One important strategy is raising awareness. This means educating others about disability and inclusion. It involves...important strategy is raising awareness. This means educating others about disability and inclusion. It involves challenging stereotypes and misconceptions....
Special Needs > Autism Spectrum
Agency Spotlight: Special Needs Network–Reaching Out to Families Dealing With Autism
...need your help. Special Needs Network’s larger mission is to raise public awareness of developmental disabilities and to impact public policy, while providing...as a link between underserved communities and mainstream developmental disability organizations and governmental institutions, which often fail to address...
Career > Finding Jobs
Many People with Autism Suited for Jobs
..."The more we can put people with autism in different places, the more awareness we can create." As long as parents or caregivers can help uncover the...requirements. Professor Scott Standifer of the University of Missouri's Disability Policy and Studies Office explains that businesses that employ individuals...