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Navigating Sexual Health for Teens and Adults with Disabilities
Lifestyle > Relationships

Navigating Sexual Health for Teens and Adults with Disabilities

By Alice Whitman
...Accessible Sex Education Looks Like. Accessible sex education starts with the reality that people with disabilities have the same questions, desires, and concerns as anyone else. It doesn't treat disability as a barrier to intimacy but as one factor among many that shapes how people connect. Good curricula address:...
Adapted Physical Education: What Schools Must Provide
Lifestyle > Recreation

Adapted Physical Education: What Schools Must Provide

By Franklin Morris
...disability affects their ability to participate safely and successfully in general physical education,...differences Visual or hearing impairments that create safety concerns in a gym setting Autism spectrum disorder...Visual or hearing impairments that create safety concerns in a gym setting Autism spectrum disorder when...
FDA Approves First Non-Antipsychotic Drug for Alzheimer's Agitation. What Families Caring for Adults With Down Syndrome Need to Know.
News > Research

FDA Approves First Non-Antipsychotic Drug for Alzheimer's Agitation. What Families Caring for Adults With Down Syndrome Need to Know.

By Grace Lee
...families and providers have been reluctant to use antipsychotics due to these safety concerns and side effects like sedation, motor problems, and metabolic changes....providers have been reluctant to use antipsychotics due to these safety concerns and side effects like sedation, motor problems, and metabolic changes. Auvelity...
FDA Issues Complete Response Letter for CTx-1301 ADHD Medication
News > Research

FDA Issues Complete Response Letter for CTx-1301 ADHD Medication

By Lucas Johnson
...Controls (CMC) information and raises no concerns about the drug's safety or efficacy...raises no concerns about the drug's safety or efficacy based on clinical trial...any issues related to the clinical safety or efficacy of CTx-1301." Cingulate...The trials also showed a favorable safety profile, meaning the side effects...
RFK Jr.'s Autism Panel Just Voted to Create a 'Profound Autism' Federal Category. Here's What Families Need to Know.
News > Advocacy

RFK Jr.'s Autism Panel Just Voted to Create a 'Profound Autism' Federal Category. Here's What Families Need to Know.

By Henry Peterson
...speech and require continuous or near-continuous supervision to ensure safety and substantial assistance with daily living activities. What Changed at...period. Several committee members representing federal agencies raised concerns that the rushed process could violate the Federal Advisory Committee Act...
HHS Is Seeking Access to Americans' Medical Records to Study Autism and Vaccines. Here's What Families Need to Know.
News > Advocacy

HHS Is Seeking Access to Americans' Medical Records to Study Autism and Vaccines. Here's What Families Need to Know.

By Amelia Harper
...Health News the data will be used to investigate autism causation, vaccine safety, and chronic diseases. Administration officials in the meetings repeatedly...meetings repeatedly asked how the records could be used to monitor vaccine safety, according to sources who attended. CNN confirmed the reporting and added...
Using Technology to Keep Autistic Children Safe
Assistive Tech > Apps

Using Technology to Keep Autistic Children Safe

By SpecialNeeds.com Editor
...Caregivers can take certain steps to help ensure their autistic child’s safety: · Talk to neighbors about the child's tendency to wander and how they should...alone, especially in areas with surf or currents. Despite best efforts from concerned family members or caregivers, wandering incidents will occur. Traditionally,...
Morgan’s Wonderland to Team up with EMHE
News > Employment

Morgan’s Wonderland to Team up with EMHE

By SpecialNeeds.com Editor
...though he suffered burns on over 40 percent of his body, Harris focused his concern on the safety of his men before allowing himself to be treated. Over the...burns on over 40 percent of his body, Harris focused his concern on the safety of his men before allowing himself to be treated. Over the last five years,...
HPV Vaccine Does Not Trigger Autoimmune Issue
News > Research

HPV Vaccine Does Not Trigger Autoimmune Issue

By SpecialNeeds.com Editor
Autoimmune reactions have long been a concern connected with Gardisil, the human papillomavirus...according to a recent Kaiser Permanente observational safety study that followed 189,629 girls ages 9 – 26 after...confirmed by a large, controlled study. Previous safety data on the HPV vaccine had been collected from...
When and How to Disclose Your Disability in Dating
Lifestyle > Relationships

When and How to Disclose Your Disability in Dating

By Alice Whitman
...specific situation, your safety considerations, what you're...disclosure decision: safety, authenticity, and filtering....authenticity, and filtering. Safety means evaluating whether...emotional risk. If you're concerned about harassment, fetishization,...harassment, fetishization, or safety in a first meeting, waiting...disability is visible, this concern shifts: the conversation...
Keep Children with Autism from Wandering
Special Needs > Autism Spectrum

Keep Children with Autism from Wandering

By SpecialNeeds.com Editor
...any parent, but parents of children with autism have special reason to be concerned. According to research conducted by the Interactive Autism Network, approximately...from wandering away from home and to locate them quickly and recover them safely if they do. Here are some tips...
Emergency Response Skills: When and How to Call 911
Lifestyle > Independence

Emergency Response Skills: When and How to Call 911

By Nora Bloom
...can't get up. Allergic reactions with swelling or difficulty breathing. Fire or gas: Smoke you can't find the source of. Flames. The smell of gas. Safety threats: Someone breaking into the house. A stranger trying to take you somewhere. Being lost and unable to find your way home. Then teach what doesn't...

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