Special Needs

Articles

...only one who's read the entire report. The therapy appointment you drive 40 minutes to because it's the only provider...eat, even though you made it yesterday and the day before. And somewhere in there, someone asks how...sufficient structural support. Burnout is not the same as having a hard week. It has clinical markers,...

Your child seeks out tight hugs, wraps themselves in blankets during the day, or crashes into furniture repeatedly. Your child's nervous system is looking...measurable reductions in anxiety and increases in calm-alert states. The same mechanism that worked for her has been replicated in children with autism,...

...like, what services you can expect, and how to make the DRC work for you from day one. What a Disability Resource Center Does. Every accredited college in...Accessibility Services, Student Accessibility Resources. The function is the same. The DRC determines what accommodations are reasonable under ADA and Section...

The day you tell another parent your child has dyslexia, you'll probably leave the...programs differ, which one fits a particular child's situation, or why the same program can produce dramatically different results depending on who delivers...

...clear: airway clearance twice a day for most CF patients. But knowing...do and doing it every single day are different problems. Building...physiotherapy. Each does the same job of loosening and moving...loosening and moving mucus, but the day-to-day experience of using them...moving mucus, but the day-to-day experience of using them is...

...situations but holds it together at school. She's exhausted by the end of the day, melting down the moment she gets home. Teachers say she's doing fine. Screeners...significant. A girl fixated on horses, books, or animals doesn't raise the same clinical flags as a boy fixated on train schedules...

...stops ringing at 8:15 and lunch isn't served in the same cafeteria at 11:45, the scaffolding they've built...cafeteria at 11:45, the scaffolding they've built their day around disappears. That loss shows up as meltdowns,...point is a fixed activity at a consistent time each day. It's not a minute-by-minute itinerary. It's three...

...to other kids. You hear "they're nice to him" but you know that's not the same as friendship. Approximately half of children with autism have significant...typically developing classmate for structured activities during the school day. This isn't a helper relationship where one...

...Natural environments include your home, daycare, or other settings where same-age peers without disabilities spend time. This doesn't mean home therapy...How Home-Based Therapy Works. A therapist comes to your home on a scheduled day and time. Sessions typically run 30 to 60 minutes. The therapist works with...

...will develop cardiomyopathy by adulthood. The cardiac muscle weakens for the same reason skeletal muscle does: the absence or malfunction of dystrophin, a...muscle cells during contraction. The heart contracts about 100,000 times per day. Without dystrophin, each contraction causes microscopic tears in cardiac...

...Kate Delson, both profiled on this site before the Games, won gold on the same day. Declan Farmer broke every Paralympic scoring record left to break. Oksana...Delson, both profiled on this site before the Games, won gold on the same day. Declan Farmer broke every Paralympic scoring record left to break. Oksana...

March 13 was the biggest medal day for Team USA at the 2026 Winter Paralympics,...gold in banked slalom events on the same day. Elliott took the SB-LL1 title....in banked slalom events on the same day. Elliott took the SB-LL1 title. Delson...banked slalom champions crowned on Day 7, and her run left no room for debate....