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Private Foundations Funding Disability Research: A Guide for Advocates and Families
Research > Funding

Private Foundations Funding Disability Research: A Guide for Advocates and Families

By Kelsey James
...contract, entire research areas stall. Who's Funding What Right Now. Private foundation funding in disability research splits into condition-specific players and broad-scope innovators. Simons Foundation SFARI remains the anchor for autism research. Their grants range from exploratory pilot studies to...
Para Ice Hockey: How Sled Hockey Works, From the Sled to Team USA's Five Straight Golds
News > Sports

Para Ice Hockey: How Sled Hockey Works, From the Sled to Team USA's Five Straight Golds

By Brock Jefferson
...shooting the puck. Players use both ends depending...custom-fitted to each player, mounted on two steel...two steel blades. Players sit in it, strapped...requires the picks. Players alternate between...stick, right pick. A player who's mastered it...gravity changes how players move compared to...changes are tighter, and players who are good at edge...
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
...he won his first Paralympic gold medal in Vancouver. He was the youngest player on the 2010 Team USA para ice hockey roster, a high school junior from South...sport for seven years. Sixteen years later, in Milan, he became the first player in para ice hockey history to win five consecutive Paralympic gold medals....
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
...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,...Hockey Arena. He was named tournament MVP, Best Forward, and Media Best Player after setting new single-tournament records for goals (15) and points (26)....
How to Pay for Early Intervention: Understanding Insurance Coverage and Your Rights
Parenting > Early Intervention

How to Pay for Early Intervention: Understanding Insurance Coverage and Your Rights

By Liam Richardson
...layered. States must provide services, but they're allowed to bill third-party payers first: Medicaid, private insurance, or both. How this works, what you consent...and Private Insurance Interact. Most states use Medicaid as the primary payer when a child is enrolled. If Medicaid covers early intervention services,...
USA Hockey Won Five Straight. The 2026 Winter Paralympics Close Tonight.
News > Sports

USA Hockey Won Five Straight. The 2026 Winter Paralympics Close Tonight.

By Brock Jefferson
...LaMarre finished the tournament with an 85.71% save percentage, the highest of any goaltender at these Games. Defenseman Josh Pauls became the only player alive who can say he won five consecutive Paralympic hockey gold medals. The last time Canada won Paralympic hockey gold was Turin 2006, the only other...
The 2026 Paralympic Opening Ceremony: Dual Flames, Verona, and the Parade Boycott
News > Sports

The 2026 Paralympic Opening Ceremony: Dual Flames, Verona, and the Parade Boycott

By Brock Jefferson
...behind two flag bearers who together hold 11 Paralympic medals and six Games appearances between them. Josh Pauls is the most decorated sled hockey player in U.S. Paralympic history. Four-time champion, team captain, the centerpiece of a para ice hockey program that has won every gold medal since 2002....
Para Ice Hockey at the 2026 Paralympics: Rules, Format, and How Sled Hockey Works
News > Sports

Para Ice Hockey at the 2026 Paralympics: Rules, Format, and How Sled Hockey Works

By Brock Jefferson
...plays, and a goaltender who is very much trying to stop you. All of that is identical. What surprises first-time viewers is everything else: every player on the ice is seated in a custom metal sled on two hockey blades, moving with two short pick-sticks and reading the game from twelve inches off the...
Team USA Para Ice Hockey Is Going for Its Fifth Straight Paralympic Gold in Milan
News > Sports

Team USA Para Ice Hockey Is Going for Its Fifth Straight Paralympic Gold in Milan

By Brock Jefferson
...competition is genuinely tight. Canada won gold at the 2006 Turin Games. The United States has won every one since. The Team Heading to Milan. The 17-player roster was announced on the TODAY Show in January, and the experience on this team is genuinely remarkable. Josh Pauls of Green Brook, New Jersey is...
Costa Rica Takes the Win For Women's Basketball
News > Sports

Costa Rica Takes the Win For Women's Basketball

By SpecialNeeds.com Editor
...share with us their goals, appreciation, and true love for the Special Olympics. Sophia Benjarano and Ericka Salazar of Costa Rica were the star players of the nigh. The competition was fierce, according to the coach. She was so proud of how her team came together and supported Sophia and Ericka so...
Special Needs App of the Day: Marble Math Junior
Assistive Tech > Apps

Special Needs App of the Day: Marble Math Junior

By SpecialNeeds.com Editor
...clock faces, fractions, multiples, and other math questions. The app includes three levels, so you can tailor the app to the needs or skills of each player. One amazing thing about Marble Math Junior is that it is an app for very young math learners, as well as more advanced students. In one app, you can...
Little Miss Adorable, Occupational Therapy, Speech, Language and MORE Swear Words
Parenting > School Years

Little Miss Adorable, Occupational Therapy, Speech, Language and MORE Swear Words

By SpecialNeeds.com Editor
...Language Therapy. ( Little Miss Adorable, Speech, Language and Swear Words and Toddler Speech, Language and Self Defense) Little Miss Adorable has Prader-Willi Syndrome and the very low muscle tone associated with it. All Little Miss Adorable's muscles are floppy, including the muscles used for speech....

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