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Special Needs > Autism Spectrum
Improvements in Autism Symptoms
...with autism "get better,"...prevalence of autism symptoms....their autism symptoms...with autism are late...autism are late "bloomers,"...late "bloomers," and...severe autism show signs...with autism born in...born in California...of the autism symptoms,...role in a child's..."high-functioning autism" do tend...severe autism. The study's...high-functioning autism, nearly...14. Autism has been...part of autism symptoms...excel in a particular...IQs. Autism symptoms...
Research > Brain Science
Advancements in Autism Science
Autism is not...and the autism science...the "autism spectrum"...estimated one in 88 children...children has autism comes...solve the autism mystery....wrong in early...with autism are not...that in a decade,...decade, autism science...diagnose autism much...with autism even...even in their...idea of "late bloomers,"..."late bloomers," meaning...with autism "outgrow"...Advances in autism...Advances in autism science...with autism will...
Special Needs > Visual Impairments
Orientation and Mobility Training: The Foundation of Independence for Visually Impaired Children
...think. O&M training should begin in infancy. Most families don't...street crossing at 16. Starting late means catching up on years of...Orientation is knowing where you are in space. Mobility is moving through...infant learning their body exists in a room and continues through...your feet), spatial concepts (in, on, under, next to), and environmental...
Special Needs > Cancer
Childhood Cancer Survivorship: Understanding Long-Term Effects and Disability Supports
...like they used to. Late effects are the reason....know about recognizing late effects, accessing...survivor needs. What Late Effects Mean. Late...Late Effects Mean. Late effects are health...permanent change. The term "late effect" doesn't mean...or temporary. Some late effects are mild and...survivor develops serious late effects, but the risk...
Special Needs > Asperger Syndrome
Asperger Syndrome in Adults: Navigating a Late Diagnosis
You're in your 30s, 40s,...therapist mentioned autism. Or your child...recognized yourself in the evaluation....Asperger's syndrome, or autism spectrum disorder....this means. Not in the abstract. What...different frame. A late diagnosis doesn't...syndrome into autism spectrum disorder...spectrum disorder in 2013. If you're...behavior to fit in, at significant...
Special Needs > Asperger Syndrome
Why Girls with Asperger Syndrome Are Diagnosed Late and What Parents Can Do
Your daughter struggles in social situations but holds...clinicians use were built around how autism presents in boys, and girls...built around how autism presents in boys, and girls learn early...Girls. Diagnostic criteria for autism spectrum conditions were developed...movements, narrow fixated interests in mechanical systems, and overt...
News > Sports
How to Get Your Child Started in Adaptive Sports: A Complete Guide for Parents
...roadmap. Start with Age and Readiness, Not Perfection. Experts typically recommend introducing adaptive sports between ages 4 and 6, but it's never too late. A 14-year-old discovering wheelchair basketball for the first time has just as much to gain as a kindergartener trying adaptive swimming. The better...
Parenting > General
ABLE Accounts vs. Special Needs Trusts: Which One Does Your Family Need?
...affect SSI eligibility, but not Medicaid in most states. To open an ABLE account,...change. Before the SECURE 2.0 Act passed in late 2022, the cutoff was age 26. Now...Before the SECURE 2.0 Act passed in late 2022, the cutoff was age 26. Now adults...Now adults who became disabled later in life can use ABLE accounts too. The...
News > Technology
The AAC Speech Delay Myth: What Parents Need to Know Before Starting Communication Devices
...to speak? You're not alone in that thought. It's the single...peer-reviewed studies on AAC use in children. The consistent finding:...fInding: AAC doesn't delay speech. In most populations studied, it...developed larger vocabularies than late starters, both in device use...vocabularies than late starters, both in device use and verbal output...
Medical > Neurology
Brain Plasticity and Therapy: How Intervention Actually Rewires Your Child's Brain
...those sessions? Neuroplasticity is the brain's ability to reorganize itself in response to experience. It's the biological mechanism that makes therapy work....fact governIng brain development. The Ten Principles That Shape Outcomes. In 2008, neuroscientists Jeffrey Kleim and Theresa Jones published ten...
Medical > Cardiology
Managing Your Child's Heart Health with Muscular Dystrophy: A Parent's Guide to Cardiomyopathy Monitoring
...leading cause of death in Duchenne muscular dystrophy....contraction damages cells. In the heart, that damage...causes microscopic tears in cardiac muscle cells....can't pump efficiently. In DMD, this process is...dystrophIn entirely. In Becker muscular dystrophy,...but it still develops in most cases. The timing...function into their late teens. Steroids slow...
Health > Diagnosis
Getting Diagnosed as an Adult: The Late Autism and ADHD Discovery
...trouble sitting still in class, did you make...one was looking. Late diagnosis of autism...Late diagnosis of autism and ADHD is not rare....present disruptively in clinical or school...who can't function in a classroom. They...decades compensating in ways that eventually...Misses So Many. Autism and ADHD are both...development for autism. That requirement...