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Special Needs > Visual Impairments
How Digital Devices Affect Your Child’s Eyes
...effort adds up over time, leading to blurry vision, eye strain or headaches. Additionally, people tend to...The overuse of digital devices can cause digital eye strain, or computer vision syndrome (CVS), which...syndrome (CVS), which is a term for any number of eye or vision-related problems that can result from overusing...
Social Engagement > Inclusion
How to Write Effective IEP Goals That Support Inclusion
...supports belong in the goal itself. 3. It measures meaningful participation, not just compliance. Progress isn't defined by sitting still or making eye contact. It's defined by engaging with peers, accessing grade-level content, or navigating routines with increasing independence. Traditional goals often...
Career > Skills Training
Unleashing the Potential of Individuals with Special Needs through Career and Skills Training
...hands-on exploration of different job skills can reveal hidden talents. For example, someone may have an eye for detail perfect for assembly work, or an outgoing...different job skills can reveal hidden talents. For example, someone may have an eye for detail perfect for assembly work, or an outgoing personality suited for...
Medical > Pediatrics
Therapeutic Approaches to Autism: Exploring Pediatric Possibilities
...newer, more innovative methods are making headway. Social Skills Groups, for example, provide an communally educational and therapeutically enriching context...groups use activities and games to teach children crucial skills like making eye contact,...
Special Needs > Autism Spectrum
Anxiety and Autism
...autism often struggle with social situations — knowing what to say, how to use eye contact, using appropriate body language, and initiating conversations. Thus,...beliefs or difficulty integrating new information. Dr. Chalfant uses the example of a child with autism meeting an aggressive dog; that child is more likely...
Special Needs > Visual Impairments
Visual Processing and the Special Needs Child
...school said to have his eyes examined, even though our pediatrician...healthy eyes and strong eye muscles. The psychiatrist...of all, the child. Prior examinations of this boy's eyes...is made up of eyesight, eye health, and the following...following basic skills: eye teaming, eye movement and...basic skills: eye teaming, eye movement and focus flexibility....
Special Needs > Speech and Communication Impairments
Augmentative and Alternative Communication: The Voice of Success for Your Child
...alphabet or word boards accessed by pointing, for example—as well as body language, eye contact, written...pointing, for example—as well as body language, eye contact, written notes and other universal communication...another body part they can control reliably, or use eye-gaze techniques. Using AAC does not preclude speech...
Special Needs > Visual Impairments
Visual Processing and the Special Need Child
...school said to have his eyes examined, even though our pediatrician...healthy eyes and strong eye muscles. The psychiatrist...of all, the child. Prior examinations of this boy's eyes...comprised of eyesight, eye health, and the following...following basic skills: eye teaming, eye movement and...basic skills: eye teaming, eye movement and focus flexibility....
Education > Tutoring
The Voice of Success For Your Child
...alphabet or word boards accessed by pointing, for example—as well as body language, eye contact, written...pointing, for example—as well as body language, eye contact, written notes and other universal communication...another body part they can control reliably, or use eye-gaze techniques. Use of AAC does not preclude speech...
Education > K-12
Playing Learning Games with Throw-Aways
...jump. Each time they use a different combination of muscles to jump, for example, sideways and backwards, they gain an internal awareness of how to control...cereal box when the manufacturers spent all that money to make an attractive eye-catching picture. Make a beginners...
Research > Assistive Tech
Choosing AAC Devices Based on Research: What the Evidence Says About Effectiveness
...of options: tablets loaded with apps, dedicated speech-generating devices, eye-gaze systems, picture boards, communication books. Each one promises to help...that high-tech devices (speech-generating devices, tablets with AAC apps, eye-gaze systems) produce better results than low-tech options (picture boards,...
News > Sports
Jake Adicoff Won Four Golds at the 2026 Winter Paralympics. He Came to Milan Having Never Won an Individual One.
...missing from a record that had been building for twelve years. He left Milan with four of them. How He Competes. Adicoff has no vision in his right eye and limited vision in his left. He was born that way after his mother contracted chickenpox during pregnancy. He competes in the B3 visually impaired...