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Healthy Relationship Dynamics for Adults with Intellectual Disabilities
You have the same right to healthy, fulfilling relationships as anyone else. That includes romantic partnerships,...connections you build with people who matter to you. Understanding what healthy relationships look like, and what warning signs mean something's wrong,...
Lifestyle > Relationships
Maintaining Friendships When Your Child Has Chronic Illness
...do with affection. Kids forget to include someone who isn't physically present. They form new bonds with whoever is there consistently. Parents of healthy kids don't always understand what chronic illness looks like day to day. They see the hospital stays but not the fatigue that makes playtime exhausting...
Lifestyle > Relationships
Dating and Relationships for Adults With Disabilities: Finding Connection and Building Confidence
Guide to dating with disabilities: platforms, profiles, disclosure decisions, and building healthy relationships.
Medical > Cardiology
Vital Footsteps Towards Heart Health for Down Syndrome Individuals: Prevention, Treatment, and Lifestyle Adjustments
...Treatment, and Lifestyle Changes. Heart...Changes. Heart health is a critical aspect...protocols, and lifestyle adjustments becomes...treatment and lifestyle changes, individuals...lead a normal and healthy life. Prevention...delivering better health outcomes for this...special community. Lifestyle Adjustments for...for Better Heart Health. In addition to...
Health > Nutrition
Environmental Toxins And Breast Milk: What You Need To Know
Many families who live a holistic lifestyle know breastfeeding is the healthiest way to give...nourishment — is the best possible way to ensure health, wellness and bonding. However, when you nurse...time to consider an organic detox for the overall health of you and your child. Scientific American highlighted...
Lifestyle > Relationships
On Being a Military Wife and Mother
...was quickly taken to the intensive care unit and stayed there 37 days, battling for her life. When discharged from the hospital, we took our home a healthy baby at first, but it was very difficult to handle. She was crying all the time; only me or my husband managed to calm her. At night she slept with...
Special Needs > General Special Needs
Avoiding Obesity in Kids with Special Needs
...Disability and Human Development College of Applied Health Sciences, children with disabilities are at greater...of becoming obese because of their less active lifestyles. The report states, "many parents believe that...activity may not only lead to obesity but other health problems as well." Play deprivation can also be...
Lifestyle > Recreation
Advantages of Special Needs Camps
...activities. Kids are given the opportunity to develop friendships and learn appropriate social interaction. Special needs children do not always receive healthy interaction, but camps dedicated to special needs gives them the chance for appropriate and enjoyable experiences with their peers. Many special...
Lifestyle > Relationships
Protecting a Special Marriage
...statistic. "It is really very true that being a parent and also sustaining a healthy marriage is challenging enough on its own, and so when you add having a...qualities in each other at least once a day — this is actually true of any healthy...
Lifestyle > Relationships
Your Marriage and Family as a Team
...marriage can cause friction. Follow some tips from licensed marriage and family therapist Rachel Bernstein to work as a team and help you maintain a healthy marriage. Help each other get what you need. Bernstein says, "What I have found is that when parents have children with special needs, they often...
Lifestyle > Self-Care
Cost Barriers to Mental Health Care for People with Intellectual Disabilities
...five times more likely to delay or forgo mental health care due to cost compared to the general population....The reasons adults with IDD face higher mental health costs aren't the same as general affordability...Many private insurance plans exclude behavioral health services for individuals with developmental disabilities...
Lifestyle > Relationships
Navigating Sexual Health for Teens and Adults with Disabilities
Comprehensive sex education addressing consent, safety, and accessibility remains largely unavailable for people with disabilities.