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Special Needs > Asperger Syndrome
Life With Asperger's Syndrome by Robin Flutterby Borakove
...amazing events. I invite you to follow my blog and learn about my quest for self healing and improving the quality of my life. I have learned so much throughout...events. I invite you to follow my blog and learn about my quest for self healing and improving the quality of my life. I have learned so much throughout...
Lifestyle > Self-Care
Sensory Self-Care Tools for Adults with Autism
...preferences you outgrow. They're neurological realities that affect your ability to regulate, focus, and function comfortably. Many autistic adults grew up hearing "just ignore it" or "you'll get used to it." You don't. Your nervous system processes sensory input differently, and pretending otherwise costs energy...
Special Needs > Dyslexia
Dyslexia and College: How Accommodations Change and What Students Need to Know
...audio textbooks, and a case manager who checked in every quarter. Now you're heading to college, and you assume the same support system follows you. It doesn't...support they need in college, but the process requires a different kind of self-advocacy, and most students don't realize that until they're already struggling...
Assistive Tech > Software
Assistive Technology Revolutionizing the Lives of Individuals with Special Needs
...daily activities. Some examples of assistive technology are wheelchairs, hearing aids, and computer programs that read text out loud. These tools adapt to...special needs can do more tasks on their own. This boosts confidence and self-esteem. For example, a wheelchair allows someone with mobility issues to...
Education > Tutoring
Win this $797 Awaken the Scholar Within Program!
...and the second is to help our kids be their best self. When you kids struggle with learning, it is difficult...it is difficult for both of you to be your best self. But what if it could be easier? Is it possible?...information through the senses: seeing (vision system), hearing (auditory system), and doing (tactile/kinesthetic...
Special Needs > Hearing Impairments
Ann LeZotte and Julie Jack, a Deaf Heroine
...that being born deaf was not a tragedy; it made her special. It added to her other gifts. It gave her a certain élan, a steady dignity and a sense of self that many others lacked. In her early years, Ann's knife-sharp intelligence was her road-map to negotiate the ups-and-downs of loneliness, bullying...
Special Needs > Dyslexia
Test at Home for Dyslexia
Self-Tests for Parents to Do at Home to Test for Dyslexia...and even paying attention. They may also have low self-esteem or feel dumb, especially if they are comparing...stories that they could have easily memorized from hearing too many times). If your child struggles with this...
Legal > Government Benefits
States Are Cutting Medicaid Family Caregiver Wages. Here's What Self-Directing Families Need to Do Now.
...family member through a Medicaid self-directed care program and getting...Moore adopted the cuts after hearings where dozens of disabled program...six weeks to prepare. What Self-Directed Medicaid Programs Are...Programs Are and Why They Matter. Self-directed care goes by different...participant-directed care, or self-directed Home and Community-Based...
Lifestyle > Self-Care
Free and Low-Cost Mental Health Resources for People with Disabilities
...training for counselors supporting people with disabilities. When you call or text 988, you reach a trained crisis counselor. If you're deaf or hard of hearing, use 988's online chat at 988lifeline.org...
Lifestyle > Self-Care
Caregiver Burnout Recovery Timeline: What to Expect
Recovery from caregiver burnout takes 6-12 weeks with evidence-based interventions. What to expect at each stage.
Lifestyle > Self-Care
Micro Self-Care: One-Minute Practices for Overwhelmed Caregivers
You don't have time for self-care. That's not judgment, that's...unhelpful and insulting. But self-care doesn't require an hour...your day. The Case for Micro Self-Care. Traditional self-care...Micro self-Care. Traditional self-care advice assumes you have...of uninterrupted time. Micro self-care assumes you don't. It's...
Lifestyle > Self-Care
DBT Skills for Caregivers Managing Intense Emotions
...meltdown, your child is screaming, the insurance company just denied the third appeal, and you can feel yourself unraveling. The advice to "practice self-care" or "take deep breaths" feels like a joke when you're this far past your breaking point. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) skills weren't designed...