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IEP Services Can't Be Cut by a Budget Crisis. Here's How to Hold Your School Accountable.
...what you need to know: a school district's budget crisis never reduces its legal obligation to provide FAPE...school leaders expect staff layoffs, 70% anticipate mental health service cuts, and 62% foresee reductions...leaders expect staff layoffs, 70% anticipate mental health service cuts, and 62% foresee reductions in assistive...
Medical > Psychiatry
The Hidden Mental Health Crisis: Why Teenagers with Disabilities Need Psychiatric Care (And How to Access It)
...They're treatable mental health disorders...treatable mental health disorders occurring...quarter receive mental health care. That...receive mental health care. That gap is...That gap is the crisis. Not the prevalence...the prevalence of mental illness in this...close that gap. Why Mental Health Conditions...gap. Why Mental Health Conditions Are More...
Health > Mental Health
When Medical Care Becomes Traumatic: PTSD in Disabled Children and Their Families
...clinical reality: intrusive memories, hypervigilance, avoidance of medical settings, and a nervous system that remains on high alert long after the crisis has passed. How Medical Trauma Shows Up in Children with Disabilities. Children with disabilities face higher rates of trauma exposure across their...
Health > Mental Health
IASO (Immature Adrenaline Systems Over-reactivity), AKA Aggressive Behavior
...medical community aggression is not part of most mental illnesses. However, mental illness can set the...is not part of most mental illnesses. However, mental illness can set the stage for aggression to occur...arousal system (an instinctual, physical response to crisis or danger.) 2. An immature or dysfunctional...
Health > Mental Health
Calm in Crisis
A gentle approach by teachers is crucial to support students in crisis, contrasting with harmful punitive methods.
Special Needs > General Special Needs
Understanding Reactive Attachment Disorder
...ago, I spent a good bit of my time crisscrossing the country lecturing on the...Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD) — a mental health disorder common among children...Attachment Disorder (RAD) — a mental health disorder common among children who...improving. In fact, it's reached a crisis point and we need to make this issue...
News > Advocacy
After a Man with Autism Called 911 for Help and Was Fatally Shot, Advocates Are Demanding Change. Here's What Every Disability Family Needs to Know.
...help during a mental health crisis....during a mental health crisis. He had...mental health crisis. He had autism,...services respond to mental health crises...respond to mental health crises involving...mental health crises involving people...undergoing a mental health crisis,...undergoing a mental health crisis, and...mental health crisis, and advocates...clear: when a crisis happens, calling...
Lifestyle > Self-Care
Free and Low-Cost Mental Health Resources for People with Disabilities
Mental health care costs... Mental health care costs stop...and low-cost mental health resources...low-cost mental health resources exist...Lines. General crisis lines help, but...intersection of mental health and disability...intersection of mental health and disability...988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline now includes...reach a trained crisis counselor. If...
News > Advocacy
Congress Just Proposed the First-Ever National Hotline for IDD Caregivers. Here's What Families Can Do Right Now.
...directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to...brief intervention, and mental health referrals. Unlike...intervention, and mental health referrals. Unlike general...referrals. Unlike general crisis lines, this hotline would...burnout is a documented crisis. A 2025 AARP study found...report feeling their own health has declined as a result...
Career > Accommodations
Temporary Accommodations During Medical Treatment or Recovery
...defines disability as a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits...migraines that flare unpredictably, and mental health crises that require short-term...that flare unpredictably, and mental health crises that require short-term intensive...flare unpredictably, and mental health crises that require short-term intensive treatment...
Lifestyle > Self-Care
Cost Barriers to Mental Health Care for People with Intellectual Disabilities
...more likely to delay or forgo mental health care due to cost compared...likely to delay or forgo mental health care due to cost compared to...adults with IDD face higher mental health costs aren't the same...with IDD face higher mental health costs aren't the same as general...insurance plans exclude behavioral health services for individuals with...
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.
...Minnesota counties. That includes ABA therapy providers, adult day services, mental health programs, and Integrated Community Supports (ICS) for people with...counties. That includes ABA therapy providers, adult day services, mental health programs, and Integrated Community Supports (ICS) for people with spinal...