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Career > Discrimination
Association Discrimination: When Your Employer Discriminates Because of Your Disabled Child or Spouse
...100%." Or you disclose that your child has cerebral palsy and requires...palsy and requires regular therapy appointments, and suddenly...because of your disabled spouse, child, parent, or other family member...your disabled spouse, child, parent, or other family member (even...hire you because you have a child with Down syndrome Denies you...
Assistive Tech > Mobility
Mobility Equipment Maintenance: Keeping Wheelchairs and Walkers Safe
...maintenance technician. You're a parent who needs your child's wheelchair...You're a parent who needs your child's wheelchair to work reliably...get to school, participate in therapy, and move through the world...mobility, canceled plans, and a child who can't go where they need...preventable. The problem isn't that parents don't care about maintenance....
Education > Early Intervention
Parent Coaching in Early Intervention: How You Become Your Child's Best Teacher
...the therapist to...your child. Instead,...This is parent coaching,...Many parents arrive...the child, delivers...the parent observes....What Parent Coaching...Direct Therapy). Parent...Therapy). Parent coaching...the therapist teaches...your child's development...The therapist observes...your child interact...the therapist doing...the therapist multiplying...Research on parent-mediated...that parents who learn...receive therapist-led...speech therapist who...
Special Needs > Cerebral Palsy
Hip Surveillance for Children with Cerebral Palsy: A Parent's Guide to the Monitoring Schedule
If your child has cerebral palsy, there's...this pathway until their child is already experiencing...looks like based on your child's GMFCS level. What Hip...staying in place as your child grows. It's not treatment....silently. By the time a child is in pain or has visible...options like physical therapy adjustments, bracing,...
Research > Brain Science
Neuroplasticity Across Disabilities: The Science of Brain Change in Children with Cerebral Palsy, Down Syndrome, and Stroke
...term before. Neuroplasticity. Your child's neurologist mentions it. The physical...neurologist mentions it. The physical therapist brings it up. Someone in a parent...therapist brings it up. Someone in a parent support group says it's why early intervention...how those principles show up in your child's life, and what you can realistically...
News > Research
When Studies Disagree: How to Make Sense of Conflicting Research as a Special Needs Parent
...that intensive therapy produces better...it to your child's next appointment....and standard therapy schedules. Now...intervention parents consider: gluten-free...ADHD, optimal therapy intensity, medication...answers. But parents don't have the...You have a child who needs decisions...study on speech therapy outcomes for...study on speech therapy for seven-year-olds...another as parent-reported functional...
News > Research
What Evidence-Based Really Means in Special Education and Therapy
...It's in your child's IEP. It's on...IEP. It's on the therapy center's website....here's what most parents don't realize:...participants. A therapy backed by one...evaluating a therapy recommendation,...reviewing your child's IEP, understanding...worked for my child." It's valid as...provider cites parent testimonials as...effectiveness at scale. A therapy "supported by...
Global Insights > Healthcare
Medicaid for Working Families: Katie Beckett Waivers, Dual Coverage, and Options You Didn't Know Existed
...close to covering your child's therapy appointments,...covering your child's therapy appointments, specialist...afford the care your child needs. This is the...Beckett Waivers: When Parent Income Doesn't Count....Katie Beckett was a child who needed hospital-level...home, regardless of parent income. The policy...it works: if your child has a disability or...
Special Needs > Muscular Dystrophy
Muscular Dystrophy in 2026: What Families Need to Know About Gene Therapy and Daily Life
...hearing about gene therapy. Maybe your child's...therapy. Maybe your child's neurologist...Maybe another parent brought it up...FDA-approved gene therapy for Duchenne muscular...And while gene therapy is making headlines,...evaluate gene therapy as an option,...treatments your child receives. ELEVIDYS:...one-time gene therapy approved for boys...still tight. Your child may qualify if:...
Therapies > Play
Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT): What It Is and How It Helps Special Needs Families
...managing a child who hits...mentions Parent-Child...Parent-Child Interaction...Interaction Therapy. You Google...where a therapist coaches...with your child, strengthening...with a therapist watching...treats the parent-child...parent-child relationship...PCIT Is. Parent-Child...Parent-Child Interaction...Interaction Therapy was developed...phases: Child-Directed...(CDI) and Parent-Directed...Phase 1: Child-Directed...follow your child's lead...play. The therapist coaches...
Therapies > Play
What Is Play Therapy? A Parent's Guide for Special Needs Families
...play therapy. Or...your child's school...Play therapy sounds...something a parent could...your child already...occupational therapy sessions....Play therapy is a...with therapeutic...distinct therapeutic...licensed therapists...The therapist is...the child does,...play therapy is,...forms of therapy, which...play therapist....Play Therapy Is (and...Play therapy operates...medium. A child who...dolls. A child processing...The therapist creates...the child toward...
Therapies > Physical
Physical Therapy for Children with Special Needs: A Complete Parent's Guide
...Your school-age child trips constantly...despite years of therapy. These are the...moments when parents wonder: does my...wonder: does my child need physical...need physical therapy? And if they do,...start? Physical therapy for children with...know if your child needs it, what...find a qualified therapist you can trust....What Physical Therapy Addresses in Children....