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Zion Clark Holds Three Guinness World Records, Won His MMA Debut, and Is Chasing the Olympics
...10,000 upvotes, and a comment section...you've been in the disability space for any length...unanimous decision, and someone training...both the Olympics and the Paralympics....a problem child and largely moved on....elementary school and lost almost every...record was 33-15, and he narrowly missed...one year before aging out of state care,...
Legal > Government Benefits
Colorado Is About to Double Its 7-Year Waitlist for Disability Services. Here's What Families Can Do.
...cut developmental disability services to close...comprehensive Home and Community-Based...contributions for adults, and elimination of automatic...enrollment for children aging into adult programs....million in year one and $88 million in year...The developmental disability waiver program now...to developmental disability waiver services....million in year one and $18.7 million in...
News > Sports
Zion Clark Holds Three Guinness World Records. He Was Born Without Legs and Won His MMA Debut.
...10,000 upvotes, and a comment section...you've been in the disability space for any length...unanimous decision, and someone training...both the Olympics and the Paralympics....a problem child and largely moved on....elementary school and lost almost every...record was 33-15, and he narrowly missed...one year before aging out of state care,...
Therapies > Animal
Therapeutic Riding vs. Hippotherapy: What's the Difference?
...thing: hippotherapy and therapeutic riding....different goals and very different price...of waiting lists and thousands of dollars..."hippos," meaning horse, and the horse's movement...steering, stopping, and riding with growing...to your child's disability, but the goal is...confidence, friendships, and physical activity...has therapy goals, and therapeutic riding...
News > Advocacy
Kansas Won Federal Approval for 500 Disability Waiver Slots That Open October 1
...intellectual and developmental...waiver slot, and the typical wait...for Medicare and Medicaid Services...1915(c) home and community based...participant, and the waiver does...currently use and that everyone...needs are steady and moderate. It...residential placement, and it will not stretch...intellectual disability that began before...developmental disability...
Therapies > Animal
Therapy Dogs in Schools: How Canine Programs Support Students with Special Needs
...visiting on Thursdays, and there is a box to check...them are evaluated and registered as a team...dropped lunch trays, and hands that grab rather...at least a year old and living with the handler...for one person with a disability, and the Americans...with a disability, and the Americans with...program on a Tuesday and nobody has violated...
Career > Accommodations
Remote Work as a Permanent Accommodation: Negotiating Long-Term Telework After Disability
...were strong, and nobody raised...your file and finds nothing...remote work, and the manager...argument and never got...quiet year, and the difference...from home, and they carry...was fine and never routed...company, and the next supervisor...disclosed a disability, described...the fix, and the employer...interactive process and granted it....off on it, and changing it...category and believe they...
Education > Early Intervention
Natural Learning Environments in Early Intervention: Why Your Child's Therapy Happens at Home
...arrives, sits down on the floor, and asks whether she can watch lunch....your toddler throwing a spoon, and a professional taking notes...is written into federal law, and the reasoning behind that law...infant or toddler without a disability, which includes the home and...disability, which includes the home and community settings. The requirement...
News > Advocacy
Illinois Lawmakers Sent the Governor a Bill Requiring Private Equity to Disclose Disability Group Home Purchases
...plans are private, and in most states...Assembly this spring and sent to Gov. JB...with intellectual and developmental disabilities...originated as SB3118 and HB4728, introduced...Javier Cervantes and Rep. Laura Faver...Dias of Grayslake, and they passed both...financial activity and staffing levels...ongoing basis, and must give the state...Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business...
News > Advocacy
Oregon Is Weighing Cuts to Physical Therapy, Prosthetics, and Autism Care for Medicaid Members
...finished its work and handed her a list,...handed her a list, and the services disability...and the services disability families depend...published July 8 and updated July 9....work requirements and more frequent eligibility...reach consensus, and it did not rank...reducing spending and left the choosing...to the governor and the legislature...."Ultimately, the governor and the legislature...
Parenting > Adulthood
Sexuality Education for Young Adults with Disabilities
...an adult now, and no one taught them...filled by trial and error, sometimes...someone with a disability. Start with What...body autonomy and privacy, the difference...between public and private behavior,...behavior, recognizing and communicating consent,...with caregivers and romantic partners,...romantic partners, and knowing how and...and knowing how and where to report...
Global Insights > Advocacy
How to Document Your Disability for IEP Advocacy Without Oversharing
...IEP meeting, and the folder...therapy notes, and a printout...everything," and now you're...your child's disability is real enough...eligibility and design services,...design services, and it's narrower...the folder and what stays...qualifying disability, and that the...disability, and that the disability...and that the disability affects their...legal standard, and a school psychologist...