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ADD/HD: Can’t Fix, Not Broken
...harmonies, and their uniqueness,...lifestyle choices and the ADD/HD individual...systems, parenting and guidance systems,...their own eyes and the eyes of...worldly success and acceptance....air, water and diet Proper...Proper use of herbs, supplements,...use of herbs, supplements, and aromatherapies...supplements, and aromatherapies...on complete and accurate assessments...their learning and processing styles...
Education > Special Education
The Education Department Just Released $144 Million for Special Education. Here's How to Make Sure Your Child Sees It.
...education, ages 3-21) and $20.5 million for Part...intervention for infants and toddlers, birth to...research sitting unspent, and proposals to transfer...for student services, and families have specific...funding, meaning it supplements base appropriations...for special education and related services covered...programs for babies and toddlers with developmental...
Legal > Government Benefits
Six States Won't Accept Self-Attestation for the Medicaid Disability Work Exemption. Here's What Families in Arkansas, Hawaii, Indiana, Montana, North Carolina, and Utah Need to Do.
...Hawaii, Indiana, Montana, North Carolina, or Utah, and you have a disability but don't receive SSI, SSDI,...tell your state Medicaid agency you're disabled and exempt from work requirements. You need formal...substantially limits daily functioning Do not receive SSI (Supplemental Security Income) Do not receive SSDI (Social...
Legal > Government Benefits
CMS Finalized Medicaid Work Rules and Narrowed the Disability Exemption. Here's What Families Can Do Before the July 31 Comment Deadline.
...2026, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services published...the one window where families and advocates can push CMS to strengthen...people who are: Receiving Supplemental Security Income (SSI) or Social...databases to verify SSI, SSDI, and Medicare enrollment. The Critical...categories. The rule exempts SSI and SSDI recipients because Congress...
News > Advocacy
SSA Is Completing Its Shift Away From Paper Checks. Here's What Disability Families Still Receiving Checks Need to Do Now.
...officially ended September 30, 2025, and SSA is now actively contacting...Security Disability Insurance or Supplemental Security Income by paper check...far more vulnerable to theft and alteration than electronic transfers,...than electronic transfers, and cut administrative costs. Printing...administrative costs. Printing and mailing a paper check costs...
Education > Special Education
30 States Failed to Meet Federal Special Education Requirements This Year. Here's How to Use Your State's Rating to Push Back.
You sit across the table, and the district tells you it's...in "needs assistance," and 23 of those have carried...or longer. Four states and Washington, D.C. fell into...D.C. needed assistance, and Louisiana was the only state...the Department of Health and Human Services, including...Linscott, director of education and family policy at The Arc...
Legal > Government Benefits
Maryland Delayed Its DDA Wage Cuts One Day Before They Started. Here's What Self-Directing Families Should Do Now.
...roughly a third starting July 1, and some caregivers quit before the...budget shortfall that produced it and the deadlines that now replace...for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. This...certain staffing situations, and requiring small vendors who work...into effect. What's Delayed, and Until When. The state didn't...
News > Advocacy
Federal Data That Tracks How Schools Serve Students With Disabilities Is Six Months Overdue. Here's What Parents Should Know.
...discipline rates, restraint and seclusion, bullying complaints,...seclusion, bullying complaints, and how students get identified...year, it's six months late, and the Education Department...use to show that Black and Hispanic students get identified...for special education, and disciplined once they're...disabled students most often, and how bullying complaints...
News > Advocacy
Medicaid Work Rules Are Forcing States to Rebuild Their Systems. Here's What Disability Families Should Know Before Coverage Terminations Begin.
...Instead, health policy experts and state officials say the new rules...earlier guidance that 42 states and Washington, D.C. are now scrapping...computer system preparation and starting over. For families with...including Deloitte, Accenture, and Optum, to build eligibility systems...final rules were published, and is reworking its eligibility...
News > Advocacy
Minnesota Just Disenrolled 61% of Its Medicaid Disability Providers. Other States Are Running the Same Audit. Here's What Families Need to Do Now.
...state revalidated 2,061 (37%) and disenrolled 3,411 (61%). The..."pending" when the deadline passed and were disenrolled anyway. Roughly...services, mental health programs, and Integrated Community Supports...people with spinal cord injuries and disabilities. Matthew Barry's...people with spinal cord injuries and disabilities). DHS terminated...
News > Research
Premature Birth Nearly Triples the Risk of Cerebral Palsy. Here's What to Ask Before NICU Discharge.
...Behind the Numbers. The 2025 systematic review, published in Neurology Research International, analyzed observational studies from multiple databases and revealed a clear dose-response pattern: the earlier the birth, the higher the risk. Cerebral palsy odds by gestational age: Extremely preterm (under...
News > Lifestyle
The Challenged Athletes Foundation Just Gave Out $7 Million in Grants. Here's How Families Can Apply.
...50 states, Puerto Rico, and 36 countries. This distribution...under $50,000 annually, and 24% are first-time grant...fees, travel expenses, and equipment maintenance. Grant...CAF-preferred vendors) and funding toward equipment...hockey, beep baseball, track and field, cycling, surfing,...adaptive climbing, swimming, and sitting volleyball. The...