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Comprehensive Guide: Scoliosis Management in Special Needs Children
Medical > Orthopedics

Comprehensive Guide: Scoliosis Management in Special Needs Children

By Dr. Jack Davis
...are being made in special needs mobility, with cutting-edge technology playing a key role. Braces, for instance, have seen significant advancements, designed...hampered. Surgical improvements, too, have been remarkable. Enhancements in techniques now enable greater stabilization of the spine, reducing the occurrence...
Managing Fireworks Anxiety in Children with Autism: Preparation and Coping Strategies
Lifestyle > Recreation

Managing Fireworks Anxiety in Children with Autism: Preparation and Coping Strategies

By Franklin Morris
...tolerable. Begin with recorded fireworks sounds at the lowest possible volume. Play them during neutral activities when your child is calm: while they're playing with toys, eating a snack, or watching a favorite show. Keep the volume barely audible. You're not trying to get their attention. You're trying to...
Inclusive Playground Design: What Makes a Park Truly Accessible
Lifestyle > Recreation

Inclusive Playground Design: What Makes a Park Truly Accessible

By Franklin Morris
...requires climbing, jumping, or balance your child doesn't have. There's one piece of adaptive equipment tucked in the corner. The rest of the kids are playing twenty feet away. That's the gap between accessible and inclusive. One gets you in the gate. The other lets your child play. What ADA Compliance Requires....
Josh Pauls Became the First Para Ice Hockey Player to Win Five Paralympic Gold Medals. His Grandfather Was Born in the Country Where He Won the Last One.
News > Sports

Josh Pauls Became the First Para Ice Hockey Player to Win Five Paralympic Gold Medals. His Grandfather Was Born in the Country Where He Won the Last One.

By Brock Jefferson
...Vancouver. He was the youngest player on the 2010 Team USA para ice hockey roster, a high school junior from South Plainfield, New Jersey, who'd only been playing the sport for seven years. Sixteen years later, in Milan, he became the first player in para ice hockey history to win five consecutive Paralympic...
Declan Farmer Finished the 2026 Winter Paralympics as Para Ice Hockey's All-Time Leading Scorer. He Found the Sport at Nine Looking for Something He Could Win.
News > Sports

Declan Farmer Finished the 2026 Winter Paralympics as Para Ice Hockey's All-Time Leading Scorer. He Found the Sport at Nine Looking for Something He Could Win.

By Brock Jefferson
...nine years old, Declan Farmer sat in a sled for the first time at a clinic run by a group of players from a New York sled hockey club. He had been playing soccer, tee-ball, and sailing in Tampa for years but kept running into the same wall. "I was always athletic as a kid and into sports," he has said....
Employment and Asperger Syndrome: Workplace Rights, Accommodations, and Strategies for Success
Special Needs > Asperger Syndrome

Employment and Asperger Syndrome: Workplace Rights, Accommodations, and Strategies for Success

By Lily Matthews
...neurotypical communication norms and sensory tolerances. The Americans with Disabilities Act gives you legal rights to accommodations that level the playing field. Those rights are real, enforceable, and designed to let your skills show without the cognitive cost of pretending you process the world differently...
Disability in Film and TV: A Parent's Guide to Media Representation and Why It Matters
News > Lifestyle

Disability in Film and TV: A Parent's Guide to Media Representation and Why It Matters

By Benjamin Thompson
...that show up consistently. First, disabled actors play disabled characters. This isn't about ideology. It's about accuracy. A non-disabled actor "playing disabled" brings assumptions, stereotypes, and external observation to a role that requires lived experience. When disabled actors are cast, the portrayal...
Gaming for Special Needs: The Complete Guide to Adaptive Controllers and Accessible Play
Lifestyle > Recreation

Gaming for Special Needs: The Complete Guide to Adaptive Controllers and Accessible Play

By Brock Jefferson

From Xbox Adaptive Controller to PlayStation Access, here's how to choose adaptive gaming equipment and get your child playing.

What's on at the 2026 Winter Paralympics on March 15: USA vs Canada for Hockey Gold, Masters in the 20km, Closing Ceremony
News > Sports

What's on at the 2026 Winter Paralympics on March 15: USA vs Canada for Hockey Gold, Masters in the 20km, Closing Ceremony

By Brock Jefferson
...Paralympics began March 6 with 28 nations boycotting the opening ceremony parade at the Arena di Verona. Nine days later, they end with the USA and Canada playing for hockey gold in Milan at 11 AM ET. Between those two moments, Declan Farmer rewrote every scoring record in the sport. Oksana Masters added three...
2026 Winter Paralympics: Adicoff Goes 4 for 4 in Cross-Country, Peterson Goes 3 for 3, USA Faces Canada for the Last Gold
News > Sports

2026 Winter Paralympics: Adicoff Goes 4 for 4 in Cross-Country, Peterson Goes 3 for 3, USA Faces Canada for the Last Gold

By Brock Jefferson
...medals in cross-country before the day's biggest event had even finished. At the Milano Santagiulia Ice Hockey Arena, the United States and Canada were playing through the second period of the gold medal game, tied 1-1, with the last gold of the 2026 Winter Paralympics still up for grabs. Four Events, Four...
How to Navigate Performance Reviews and Advocate for Advancement When You Have a Disability
Career > Advancement

How to Navigate Performance Reviews and Advocate for Advancement When You Have a Disability

By Dr. Evelyn Mercer
...requires employers to hold employees with disabilities to the same performance standards as everyone else. Reasonable accommodations exist to level the playing field, not to lower the bar. This distinction matters, because some managers confuse the two, avoiding performance accountability under the mistaken...
Kendall Gretsch: Defending Paralympic Gold at Milano Cortina 2026
News > Sports

Kendall Gretsch: Defending Paralympic Gold at Milano Cortina 2026

By Brock Jefferson
Kendall Gretsch grew up in Downers Grove, Illinois, playing basketball, swimming, and rock climbing. She has spina bifida. When she got to Washington University in St. Louis to study biomedical engineering,...

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