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Special Needs > Autism Spectrum
How Elemy's Transition to Software Impacts the Autism Spectrum Community
...demonstration of increased efficiency and automation led to the role eliminations; Yakubchyk...and also families... and as more automation gets introduced, we've had to part...services. The startup also offered in-home Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) sessions,...a real-world setting. Over time, automation and new efficiencies rendered many...
Education > Early Intervention
What Happens When Early Intervention Ends at Age 3: The Transition to Preschool Special Education
...conference." You've spent the last year or two building routines around home visits, family goals, and a team that knows your child. Now you're hearing...rules, different service structures, and different goals. Your child doesn't automatically move from one to the other. They have to be evaluated and re-qualify...
Medical > Neurology
Brain Plasticity and Therapy: How Intervention Actually Rewires Your Child's Brain
You drive to therapy three times a week. You practice at home. You've invested thousands of hours and dollars into intervention. But do...pathways strengthen. The connections become faster, more efficient, more automatic. This isn't a metaphor. It's structural change at the cellular level. Synapses...
Lifestyle > Independence
Assistive Technology That Helps: Tools for Daily Living Independence
...configuration. Talking medication reminders, weighted utensils with timers, automatic jar openers. High-tech tools involve software, customization, or integration...and locks, tablet-based meal planning apps with visual schedules, smart home setups controlled by voice or switch. Start low-tech unless the skill gap...
Health > Exercise
Making Exercise Stick at Home: Therapy-Backed Activities That Fit Real Family Life
...exercises, illustrated. "Try to do these at home every day." You nod. You mean it. Then...You nod. You mean it. Then you get home, the packet goes on the counter, and...this up. Families who succeed with home exercise programs don't do more activities...per routine and letting it become automatic before adding another. Your therapist...
Global Insights > Healthcare
Navigating Healthcare for Children with Special Needs: Medical Homes, Care Coordination, and Insurance Strategies
...designed to connect these pieces automatically. You become the central...structure. It's called a medical home, and it exists specifically...this problem. What a Medical Home Is. A medical home is not a...Medical home Is. A medical home is not a building. It's not...is intentionality. A medical home is explicitly designed to coordinate...
Career > Accommodations
Is Remote Work a Reasonable Accommodation? Your Rights Under the ADA
...you assume you have no options. The ADA doesn't automatically resolve this situation in your favor. What...your particular disability requires working from home for you to perform the essential functions of...during the pandemic is relevant evidence, but not automatically decisive. An employer can argue that in-person...
Assistive Tech > Apps
Special Needs App of the Day: ChoiceWorks
...child's independence, positive behavior, and emotional regulation, both at home and at school and other environments. The ChoiceWorks app features...is finished. You can save any number of schedules, and each schedule is automatically saved once it is created. The Waiting Board is an ideal tool to teach...
Therapies > Other
Lives of the Therapies: Autism Movement Therapy®–Aut-erobics® Movement & Music Sensory Integration to "Wake Up the Brain"
...brain. Brain mapping is an interesting process. Say you move into a new home. You don't know where to find the grocery store, the dry cleaner, the gas...get in your car and drive right to the spot, almost as though you're on "automatic pilot." Daily we map hundreds of pieces of information by placing them in...
Therapies > Occupational
What is Autism Movement Therapy?
...in the mapping area (gray matter) of the brain. Say you move into a new home. You don't know where to find the grocery store or other neighborhood establishments....theme. You get in your car and drive right to the spot, as though you're on automatic pilot. You brain "mapped" it. Individuals with autism have difficulty accessing/retrieving...
Therapies > Occupational
Autism Movement Therapy "Wakes Up the Brain"
...interesting process. In a nutshell, it's like this. Say you move into a new home. You don't know where to find the grocery store, the dry cleaner, the gas...get in your car and drive right to the spot, almost as though you're on "automatic pilot." Daily we map hundreds of pieces of information by placing them in...
Legal > Government Benefits
Colorado Is About to Double Its 7-Year Waitlist for Disability Services. Here's What Families Can Do.
...a state budget shortfall. The current seven-year wait for comprehensive Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) waiver support could double to 14 years...enrollment ratio, income-based contributions for adults, and elimination of automatic enrollment for children aging into adult programs. The changes would save...