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...mentions switching to latex-free gloves for the...catheter boxes say "latex-free" and which don't,...because this matters. Latex allergy in spina bifida...this matters. Latex allergy in spina bifida isn't...repeated contact with latex proteins during medical...catheterization with latex gloves, every medical...contains natural rubber latex adds to the body's...

...includes seeing specialists for the brain, bones, bladder, and more. Preventing latex allergy is important. Many medical items...seeing specialists for the brain, bones, bladder, and more. Preventing latex allergy is important. Many medical items...

..."Afraid of dogs" covers a wide range. Some kids freeze and stop talking. Some kids run. Some kids laugh nervously and then melt down twenty minutes later...

...them inside a rolling 60-month window, so you might use three of them this year, take a break when your health flares, and pick up the rest a year later. The clock only measures the most recent five years. A month counts...

...at all. Illinois is close to changing that for its own residents. A bill passed by the General Assembly this spring and sent to Gov. JB Pritzker in late June would require providers serving people with intellectual and developmental disabilities to notify the state when an asset management company buys...

...broken down by age, so you know what to ask for and when. Age 14: Open the Conversation. Federal law under IDEA requires transition planning to begin no later than age 16, but most special education professionals recommend starting at 14. This is the age to add a transition goal to the IEP: a written statement...

...through the same law that governs special education, their services cost nothing. No sliding scale, no consultation fee, no upsell to a paid package later. The work is concrete. A PTI staff member can sit down with your child's most recent evaluation and translate it into plain language: what the scores...

...brought it up again at the fall conference. Everyone nodded, agreed your child could use some help with speech, and then nothing happened. Three months later you're still waiting, because a conversation in the hallway never started anything the school is required to act on. Under federal law, only a written...

...same age talks in full sentences. You've read that some children are just "late talkers" who catch up on their own, and you've also read that waiting too...time, maturation, and a few months of targeted articulation work. That's the "late talker" story parents hear about, and it's...

...school, undone at home, is the clearest sign of masking in girls with Asperger syndrome. It's also the reason so many go undiagnosed until adolescence or later. What Masking Looks Like. Masking is not lying and it is not manipulation. It's a set of techniques, usually built without anyone teaching them, to...

...seclusion, bullying complaints, and how students get identified for special education. It has run for more than 50 years. This year, it's six months late, and the Education Department hasn't explained why. The numbers covering the 2023-24 school year were due out last December. NPR reported this week...

...small social experiences. They start to predict what others know, feel, or believe based on context. Autistic children often develop this understanding later, or in a way that needs more scaffolding. Research consistently shows differences in how autistic individuals interpret...