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Global Insights > Healthcare
Navigating Healthcare for Children with Special Needs: Medical Homes, Care Coordination, and Insurance Strategies
...everything else. The American Academy of Pediatrics defines it as care that is accessible, continuous, comprehensive, family-centered, coordinated, compassionate, and culturally effective. In practical terms, it means your child has a primary care provider who knows the full picture, tracks all the specialists,...
Global Insights > Healthcare
Medicaid for Working Families: Katie Beckett Waivers, Dual Coverage, and Options You Didn't Know Existed
Working families can access Medicaid for a child with disabilities through Katie Beckett waivers and dual coverage options.
Global Insights > Healthcare
The Healthcare Transition at 21: How to Prepare Your Child (and Yourself) for the Shift to Adult Care
Age 21 marks a documented outcomes gap for young adults with disabilities leaving pediatric care. Here's how to start preparing at 14.
Global Insights > Employment
Why More People with Disabilities Are Becoming Their Own Boss and How to Start
Self-employment rates for people with disabilities are nearly double the general population. Here's why and the funding resources available.
Global Insights > Employment
When (and How) to Tell an Employer About Your Disability: A Decision Guide
Strategic framework for disability disclosure timing, legal protections across countries, and exact language for different scenarios.
Global Insights > Education
What U.S. Parents Can Learn from How Other Countries Educate Students with Disabilities
International approaches to inclusive education reveal structural alternatives to the adversarial IEP system U.S. parents navigate.
Global Insights > Education
Inside Inclusive Classrooms: What Co-Teaching Models Actually Look Like
Six co-teaching models explained, what to look for during visits, and the right questions to ask at IEP meetings.
Global Insights > Culture
Person-First or Identity-First? What Parents Should Know About Language in the Disability Community
The disability community doesn't agree on one approach. How to navigate person-first and identity-first language respectfully.
Global Insights > Culture
Beyond Inspiration Porn: How to Talk to Your Child About Disability Representation in Movies and TV
Identify harmful disability tropes and give your child language to recognize authentic vs. performative representation.
Global Insights > Advocacy
Teaching Your Child to Self-Advocate: Age-by-Age Strategies from Elementary Through High School
Age-appropriate self-advocacy strategies for teaching children with disabilities to speak up, from elementary through high school.
Global Insights > Advocacy
Beyond the IEP: Legal Rights Parents of Children with Disabilities Should Know
IEP fluency is vital, but parents also need ADA protections in employment, housing, and public spaces.
Research > Genetics
Understanding Genetic Testing for Autism, Cerebral Palsy, and Developmental Disabilities: A Parent's Guide
Your child has a diagnosis. Autism, cerebral palsy, global developmental delay. The pediatrician mentions genetic testing. You're not...cerebral palsy cases when the cause isn't clear, and 36-53% of unexplained global developmental delay or intellectual disability cases. Those numbers matter...