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Special Needs > Mobility Limitations
Tricked-Out Wheels: Mark Rober's $80,000 Wheelchair Upgrade for 10-Year-Old Cash
...traction An automated nerf turret mounted on the back for playtime A built-in entertainment system with video screens and game controllers Personalized decals, upholstery,...surfaces is life-changing. It allows them to participate in activities with family and friends, explore nature, and...
Lifestyle > Travel
Stress-Free Road Trips
...there can be a hard and long one. This idea is especially true when traveling with a special needs child. Here are some helpful hints to make your family's next road trip a little smoother. Renting the Right Car If you decide to rent a car for your journey, make sure to call ahead if you need special...
Social Engagement > Friends and Family
Adaptive Easter Crafts for Kids with Fine Motor Challenges
Easter crafts kids with fine motor challenges can finish, plus simple material swaps that make almost any craft doable.
Legal > Government Benefits
The New Public Charge Rule Puts Medicaid Back Into Immigration Decisions on September 18
If someone in your family is applying for a green card and your child receives Medicaid, a rule finalized...Starting September 18, immigration officers regain broad discretion to weigh a family's use of public benefits, including Medicaid, when deciding whether an applicant...
Education > Early Intervention
Paying for Early Intervention: What Is Free, What May Cost, and How Medicaid Fits In
...paperwork usually arrives before the first therapy session does. Consent forms, an insurance authorization, and somewhere in the stack, a page about family fees. A parent who was told early intervention is free reads that page twice and starts doing math at the kitchen table. Two things are true at the...
Legal > Healthcare
How to Appeal Medical Necessity Denials from Insurance
A letter arrives saying the treatment your child's doctor ordered is "not medically necessary." Your family has been waiting months for that surgery, that equipment, that medication, that specialist. The phrase reads like a medical judgment about whether...
Parenting > Diagnosis
Explaining Your Child's Diagnosis to Family: What to Say and How Much to Share
...out of it, your brother sends articles about diet, and someone at the last family dinner asked whether you had considered that she might just be shy. Each...unsupervised time with your child. Grandparents, an aunt who babysits, close family friends. They get the name of the diagnosis, the two or three things that...
Education > Early Intervention
Your Early Intervention Service Coordinator: What They Are and Aren't Responsible For
...service coordination is itself an early intervention service your child is entitled to, defined in federal regulation at 34 CFR 303.34. Every enrolled family gets one assigned, and the coordinator's name has to appear on the IFSP document. It also has to be free. States may charge families on a sliding scale...
News > Lifestyle
New York Added Beach Wheelchairs, Sensory Kits, and Mobility Scooters to Its State Lands
Planning an outdoor trip with a family member who has a disability usually comes down to details no website will tell you. You want to know whether the sand between the parking lot and the...
Assistive Tech > Software
Web Accessibility Standards Explained: What WCAG Means for People with Disabilities
What WCAG requires, how to test a website yourself in five minutes, and what to do when a site locks your family out.
Special Needs > Asperger Syndrome
College With Asperger Syndrome: How to Get Accommodations and Structure Your Week
...says "just come to office hours" without saying when or how. Accommodations Do Not Transfer. You Have to Ask. The single most expensive assumption a family can make is that the IEP follows the student to campus, and it does not. Kindergarten through twelfth grade runs on IDEA, where the school has an affirmative...
Legal > Government Benefits
CMS Proposed a Provider Tax Rule That Would Cut Medicaid Payments by $220 Billion Over Ten Years
...how states raise their own share of the Medicaid bill, and CMS estimates it pulls $220.3 billion out of Medicaid payments between 2026 and 2035. No family will get a notice about this one. It is a cut to the pot your state draws from when it pays for waiver services, personal care hours, and the agencies...