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Education > K-12
When Your Child Refuses to Go to School: Understanding Anxiety-Based School Refusal
...students with disabilities, school refusal often functions as communication. The child who melts down every...telling you that the fluorescent lights trigger sensory overload by second period. The student who develops...Drives School Refusal in Special Needs Students. Sensory overwhelm ranks high among anxiety triggers. Cafeterias,...
Special Needs > Cancer
Supporting Cancer Patients with Special Needs Through Early Detection
...could include lumps, skin changes, persistent pain, or changes in bodily functions. If any concerning symptoms arise, they should be promptly reported to...wheelchair ramps, accessible exam tables, and communication aids for those with sensory impairments. Healthcare providers should also be trained in working with...
Medical > Gastroenterology
Demystifying Gastrointestinal Problems in Special Needs Kids
...variations can significantly affect gastrointestinal functioning. This connection between cerebral and digestive...such as autism, Down syndrome, cerebral palsy, or sensory processing disorder may experience a higher incidence...controlling muscle activity in the digestive tract, functions differently in these children compared to their...
Medical > Neurology
Facing Life with a Spinal Cord Injury: A Neurological Perspective
...spinal cord, encased in the spinal column, plays a vital role in our motor, sensory, and autonomic functions. When an injury occurs to the spinal cord, the...spinal column, plays a vital role in our motor, sensory, and autonomic functions. When an injury occurs to the spinal cord, the communication between the...
Education > Early Intervention
How Your Child's Triune Brain Develops
...vestibular system is also laid down. This system deals with our equilibrium, our sensory perceptions, and our orientation in space and time. When our vestibular...our orientation in space and time. When our vestibular system is fully functional, we can explore and learn. When it isn't, we experience fear and reluctance,...
Assistive Tech > Mobility
Underwater Treadmill Gives Paraplegics Hope
...with CP. These participants had some motor or sensory functions preserved below the level of the injury....CP. These participants had some motor or sensory functions preserved below the level of the injury. Those...study in 2010 had significantly improved motor function. Some showed increased stability during transfers...
Education > Early Intervention
5 Unexpected Ways to Jump Start Your Child
...Your Child's Processing Skills Sensory Integration, providing sensory processing...sensory Integration, providing sensory processing activities and exercises...vestibular system. Children that have sensory processing issues have under developed...provides products that improve brain functions, states that timing coordination is...
Special Needs > Autism Spectrum
Autism in the Workplace: A Guide to Accommodations and Self-Advocacy for Autistic Adults
...accommodations are adjustments that enable you to perform the essential functions of your job. The employer isn't required to eliminate essential job functions...functions of your job. The employer isn't required to eliminate essential job functions or provide accommodations that create undue hardship (significant difficulty...
Education > Other
Twice Exceptional Students: When Your Child Is Both Gifted and Has a Disability
...diagnosed disability that impacts learning or daily functioning. The disability can be a learning disability...(dyslexia, dyscalculia, dysgraphia), ADHD, autism, sensory processing disorder, anxiety, or a physical disability....verbally. The student who struggles with executive function might excel at abstract problem-solving. The child...
Special Needs > Autism Spectrum
Puberty and Autism: Supporting Your Child Through Physical and Emotional Changes
...cover the social dynamics of middle school. The sensory sensitivities you learned to accommodate now include...cognitive or emotional tools to process them. Add sensory sensitivities, difficulty with abstract social...observe patterns, and create rules that help them function in environments designed for neurotypical children....
Special Needs > Asperger Syndrome
Asperger Syndrome in Adults: Navigating a Late Diagnosis
...terms describe the same neurotype. What it means functionally: your brain processes social information,...functionally: your brain processes social information, sensory input, and patterns differently than neurotypical...struggle with unspoken social rules, and experience sensory sensitivities that others don't notice. You might...
Medical > Psychiatry
When Behavior Becomes Self-Harm: A Parent's Guide to Managing Self-Injurious Behavior in Children with Intellectual Disabilities
...cause. It's a pattern that emerges when communication breaks down, when sensory overload becomes unbearable, or when the body's pain threshold doesn't...isn't intuitive. Here's how to navigate the intervention hierarchy from functional assessment to psychiatric evaluation to crisis care. What Self-Injurious...