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Special Needs > Asperger Syndrome
Ten Asperger’s Traits of Women
...mainstream standards. Perhaps that is part of the issue at hand, the extreme intelligence leading to an over-active mind and high anxiety. We see things at multiple...intelligence leading to an over-active mind and high anxiety. We see things at multiple levels, including our own place in the world and our own thinking processes....
Legal > Government Benefits
Medicaid Waiver Waiting Lists: How to Join and What to Expect
...How to Find Your State's Waiver Waitlist. Each state runs its own waiver programs with different names and eligibility criteria. Some states have multiple waivers targeting specific populations (intellectual disabilities, brain injury, elderly care). Start with your state's Medicaid website or call the...
Career > Interviewing
Behavioral Interview Questions and Disability: Reframing Work Experience
...format forces specificity about what happened, what needed doing, what you did, and what came of it. If you've coordinated your own medical care across multiple specialists, advocated for accommodations in an educational setting, led a support group, or solved logistical problems that required adaptive thinking,...
Career > Interviewing
Panel Interviews and Disability: Managing Multiple Interviewers
...tracking who asked what, managing eye contact across multiple faces, processing voices that may overlap or interrupt,...doesn't address the cognitive demand of tracking multiple speakers or the social pressure of distributing..."I have autism and find it difficult to track multiple speakers in group settings. I'd like to request...
Career > Discrimination
Class Action Disability Discrimination: When Systemic Bias Affects Multiple Employees
...least one question of law or fact. In disability discrimination cases, this might be a company policy denying work-from-home accommodations across multiple departments, or a pattern of terminating employees after they request FMLA leave. Typicality: The lead plaintiffs' claims must be typical of the...
Career > Discrimination
Association Discrimination: When Your Employer Discriminates Because of Your Disabled Child or Spouse
You mention at work that your spouse has multiple sclerosis. A week later, your manager tells you the promotion you were promised is going to someone else because they need "someone who can focus...
Career > Advancement
360 Reviews and Peer Feedback When You Have a Disability
...360 reviews work for employees with disabilities. 360 reviews are designed to give you a fuller picture of your performance by gathering input from multiple sources: your manager, your peers, direct reports if you have them, and sometimes cross-functional collaborators. In theory, that breadth corrects...
Assistive Tech > Virtual Assistants
Hands-Free Shopping with Voice Assistants: Accessibility for People with Limited Mobility
...have enabled Google Assistant integration. The practical difference: Alexa is a direct line to one massive catalog. Google Assistant is a router to multiple smaller ones. If you live in a metro area with strong grocery delivery coverage, Google's network might give you more options. If you're in a region...
Assistive Tech > Virtual Assistants
Voice Command Setup for Smart Home Devices: Accessibility Beyond Mobility
...you're building a system from scratch, you'll find more compatible devices. Google Home has the strongest speech recognition for atypical speech. Multiple studies and user reports from families with children who have cerebral palsy or dysarthria confirm Google understands non-standard pronunciation and...
News > Research
The FDA Just Gave a Rare Pediatric Gene Therapy Its Fastest Regulatory Track. Here's What Families of Children with NGLY1 Deficiency Need to Know.
...been diagnosed with the condition, though the calculated U.S. incidence suggests around 12 children are born with it each year. The disease affects multiple body systems and is characterized by global developmental delay, cognitive impairment ranging from mild to profound, complex movement disorders, and...
News > Technology
A Louisville Rehab Center Just Opened One of the Country's Most Advanced Assistive Technology Labs. Here's What Families Need to Know.
...includes: Functional assessment of the person's current abilities and challenges with mobility, communication, or daily activities Trial periods with multiple devices to test real-world performance Environmental assessment of where the equipment will be used (home layout, school access, community spaces)...
Assistive Tech > Mobility
Power Wheelchair Control Options: Joystick, Head Array, and Sip-Puff Systems Explained
...neck control. Others use a foot-operated joystick. Who it's appropriate for: Children with consistent hand, arm, or foot movement who can push in multiple directions and release to stop. What the ATP evaluates: Grip strength, range of motion, ability to isolate movement in one direction without triggering...