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Research > Drug Development
Should Your Child Participate in a Clinical Trial? A Parent's Decision Framework
Your child's specialist just mentioned a clinical trial. Or an advocacy organization sent an email about a study recruiting for your child's condition. You've got a packet of information, a consent form that's thirty pages...
Global Insights > Advocacy
Teaching Your Child to Self-Advocate: Age-by-Age Strategies from Elementary Through High School
Self-advocacy doesn't start at graduation....lower-stakes settings. Parents often ask when to...start teaching self-advocacy. The answer is earlier...The transition from parent advocacy to self-advocacy...transition from parent advocacy to self-advocacy isn't...advocacy to self-advocacy isn't a single handoff....At this age, self-advocacy means understanding...
Education > Higher Education
College Programs for Students with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities: What CTPs Offer
...programs as eligible for Pell Grants and work-study funding. If you're a parent or educator exploring post-secondary options for a student with IDD, CTPs...career-focused classes, or completing modules on financial literacy and self-advocacy. The emphasis isn't on grades or prerequisites. It's on building practical...
News > Lifestyle
Disability in Film and TV: A Parent's Guide to Media Representation and Why It Matters
How to find authentic disability representation in media and use what your child watches to build identity and self-advocacy.
News > Lifestyle
How to Find Your Disability Community: Online Groups, Local Organizations, and Peer Support
...the only adult in the office navigating accommodation requests, the only parent in your neighborhood who knows what a 504 plan is. You're solving problems...active community covering disability rights, daily living, accessibility, advocacy. Moderated, with clear rules against ableism and medical advice. WrongPlanet:...
Legal > Advocacy
When Your Child's School Breaks the Rules: A Parent's Guide to Filing Complaints
...four primary complaint mechanisms available to parents when schools violate disability law: state complaint,...required timelines Implementing an IEP without parent consent Refusing to provide services listed in...provide prior written notice of changes Denying parents access to educational records The state investigates...
Global Insights > Advocacy
The Complete Guide to IEP Advocacy: How to Prepare, What to Say, and When to Push Back
...what you think. That moment is where advocacy begins, and it's also where many parents...begins, and it's also where many parents lose their footing. IEP advocacy isn't...many parents lose their footing. IEP advocacy isn't about being combative. It's...Disabilities Education Act, guarantees parents the right to participate as equal...
Special Needs > Down Syndrome
The Joys Of Parenting A Child With Down Syndrome
...challenges are outweighed by the joys that come with it. The Unique Bond Between Parent And Child With Down Syndrome. The joys of parenting a child with Down syndrome...parenting a child with Down syndrome are numerous and special. The bond between parent and child is unique, and the challenges faced by both are great. But the...
Parenting > The Early Years
The Challenges Of Parenting A Child With Developmental Disabilities
...Impact Of Developmental Disabilities On Families. Parents of children with developmental disabilities face...of other family members. It is not easy to be a parent of a child with developmental disabilities, but...developmental disabilities are many and varied. Parents of children with developmental disabilities face...
Legal > Advocacy
Creating a Legal Plan for Your Child's Future
...size fits all" approach that parents of a child diagnosed within...and scary time for both the parent and the child. Parents and...the parent and the child. Parents and children are excited about...spread their wings and fly. As parents, we trust that we have created...or Autism. I recommend to parents that before they meet with...
News > Advocacy
Introducing: CONFERENCE WATCH
During the last twenty-five years I've been part, as a parent and/or a bookseller, of more than a thousand conferences on disabilities. They have been pretty much all over the map, both geographically and in terms...
Special Needs > Dyslexia
Agency Spotlight: The International Dyslexia Association
...be heartbreaking for parents and other family members....(IDA) strives to help parents of dyslexic children,...resources directly to parents of dyslexic children....IDA has developed the Parent Pilot Program to help...Pilot Program to help parents of children with dyslexia...unique program provides parents access to an online interactive...