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Special Needs > Respiratory Health
Asthma Management at School: What Parents of Children with Disabilities Need to Know
...your child has asthma and a co-occurring disability,...and a co-occurring disability, a standard school...communication, motor control, and sensory processing....respiratory effort and that peak flow measurements...and that peak flow measurements are possible. When...ways your child's disability affects asthma recognition...asthma recognition and treatment. Communication...
Career > Accommodations
Job Restructuring as an Accommodation: Reassigning Non-Essential Tasks
...between essential job functions and marginal tasks, and understanding...functions and marginal tasks, and understanding that difference...the essential work. When your disability prevents you from completing...expertise or skill Courts and the EEOC consider several pieces...of people in the position, and the work experience of people...
Career > Accommodations
Service Animals in the Workplace: Employer Obligations and Employee Rights
...trained, certified, and performs tasks...related to your disability. Now you need...animal to work, and your employer...must provide, and what happens...person with a disability. The tasks must...related to the disability. Emotional support...therapy animals, and comfort animals...under the ADA and don't receive...undue hardship, and what alternatives...whether your disability is real or whether...
Career > Accommodations
Temporary Accommodations During Medical Treatment or Recovery
...sideways for weeks. And you're worried that...life activities, and it requires employers...during treatment and recovery. Here's...as a Temporary Disability Under the ADA. The...The ADA defines disability as a physical or...unpredictably, and mental health crises...physical therapy and restricted mobility...whether something's a disability. A condition that...
Career > Accommodations
Modified Work Schedules as a Reasonable Accommodation
...weekly treatments, and your current schedule...include flexible start and end times, compressed...arrangements, split shifts, and job-sharing. If...job-sharing. If your disability affects when or...standard hours, and a schedule adjustment...before you ask, and what to do if your...accommodates your disability. The most common...Flexible start and end times: arriving...
Career > Accommodations
Writing a Medical Necessity Letter for Workplace Accommodations
...a healthcare provider and your patient's employer...letter, what doesn't, and how to avoid common pitfalls...workplace accommodation and the disability or need...accommodation and the disability or need for accommodation...Confirmation that a disability exists under ADA definitions...predictions about future disability status If an employee...
Financial > Financial Planning
Assistive Technology Grants: Where the Money Is and How Families Actually Get It
...per pair, and kids outgrow...months, and families...eligibility rules and timelines....Technology and Why It's...person with a disability perform tasks...walkers, and adaptive...systems and tablets with...standers and adaptive...controls, and home modifications...Medicare and Medicaid...manufacturers and suppliers...something costs and what insurers...where grants and supplemental...Medicaid Home and...
News > Lifestyle
The Challenged Athletes Foundation Just Gave Out $7 Million in Grants. Here's How Families Can Apply.
...states, Puerto Rico, and 36 countries. This...$50,000 annually, and 24% are first-time...travel expenses, and equipment maintenance....CAF-preferred vendors) and funding toward equipment...baseball, track and field, cycling,...climbing, swimming, and sitting volleyball....verification of their disability from a licensed...explaining how the disability affects daily activities....
Assistive Tech > Virtual Assistants
Voice Command Setup for Smart Home Devices: Accessibility Beyond Mobility
...choose the right platform and configure it for your child's...actual speech patterns and needs. Which Platform:...speech recognition quality, and which smart home devices...speech. Multiple studies and user reports from families...non-standard pronunciation and cadence better than Alexa...speech is affected by their disability, start your testing with...
News > Advocacy
Pennsylvania Just Signed Three Executive Orders to Protect Disability Families. Here's What It Means and What Other States Can Do.
...agencies collect and share disability...and share disability data, create...governor, and reestablish...for autism and disability...autism and disability data from...comply with and now codifies...aspects of disability rights and...disability rights and services in...nondiscrimination policy and places new...limits on disability data collection....using state disability records....members, and experts in...
News > Advocacy
The Federal Agency That Funds Independence for People with Disabilities Is Being Eliminated. Here's What Families Need to Know.
...programs, disability research,...research, and civil rights...services, home and community-based...support, and advocacy...age or disability, should...independently and participate...states and networks...adults and people...navigate disability services,...technology, and advocate...run by and for people...counseling, and training...adults and people...Institute on Disability, Independent...Living, and Rehabilitation...outcomes, and policies...Program and Adult...
News > Education
Three School Employees Were Arrested for Abusing Children with Disabilities in a Special Education Classroom. Here's What Families Need to Know.
...abduction, assault and battery, and contributing...assault and battery, and contributing to...of non-verbal and autistic children...surveillance. Jessie Blow and Tabatha Saunders...implementation failures and retaliation at...properly trained in disability rights and restraint...disability rights and restraint protocols....internal review and removed the three...her child's IEP and retaliated after...