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Shock Therapy: Treatment or Torture?
...people have heard about shock therapy treatments,...are unsure how or why shock therapy treatment works...The controversy over shock therapy continues to...over 30 electrical shocks, each about 2 seconds...in length. Called "skin shock," these treatments...length. Called "skin shock," these treatments...Other parents say the shock therapy is the only...
Assistive Tech > Mobility
Tilt-in-Space Wheelchairs: When and Why Your Child Needs Pressure Relief
...and backrest. That movement creates shear forces, the friction that damages skin as the body slides against the seat surface. Tilt-in-space moves the child...child without changing their position within the chair, which sidesteps that skin damage risk entirely. For children who can reposition themselves, this difference...
Therapies > Other
Deep Pressure Therapy and Weighted Blankets: What Parents of Children with Special Needs Should Know
...suggest benefit for children who seek proprioceptive input. How Deep Pressure Works in the Nervous System. Deep pressure activates mechanoreceptors in the skin and muscles. These receptors send signals to the brain that trigger the release of serotonin and dopamine while reducing cortisol. The result is a calming...
Special Needs > Respiratory Health
Respiratory Health for Children with Disabilities: A Complete Family Guide
...with low muscle tone may not have the classic "wheeze" sound because they don't generate enough force to create it. You're looking for retractions (skin pulling in between the ribs), faster breathing, or fatigue after minimal exertion. Triggers vary, but common ones include respiratory infections, allergens,...
Special Needs > Diabetes
CGM and Insulin Pump Technology: What Parents of Children with Diabetes Need to Know
...number significantly. What Is an Insulin Pump? An insulin pump delivers insulin continuously through a small tube (called a catheter) inserted under the skin. You program the pump to give a steady baseline amount (basal insulin) and push a button to deliver extra doses at meals (bolus insulin). Pumps don't...
Medical > Psychiatry
When Behavior Becomes Self-Harm: A Parent's Guide to Managing Self-Injurious Behavior in Children with Intellectual Disabilities
...psychiatric evaluation to crisis care. What Self-Injurious Behavior Is. SIB includes head-banging, hand-biting, self-scratching, hair-pulling, eye-poking, and skin-picking. It's repetitive, causes tissue damage, and persists despite your attempts to redirect or comfort. It's distinct from stimming (self-stimulatory...
Medical > Cardiology
Helping Your Autistic Child Through Heart Tests: A Sensory-Friendly Approach to Echocardiograms and ECGs
...to the chest, then presses a handheld transducer (the probe) against the skin at different angles. The child needs to lie still for 20 to 45 minutes while...through air, so the gel creates acoustic coupling between the probe and the skin. That's why it's necessary, and why it can't be skipped. But it's cold, wet,...
Health > Exercise
Adaptive Sports and Fitness for Children with Disabilities: Where to Start and How to Succeed
...or physiatrist. Bring a list of sports or activities your child is interested in. The physician will assess joint stability, cardiovascular capacity, skin integrity, and any disability-specific considerations that affect physical activity. If your child has a spinal cord injury, the exam includes autonomic...
News > Sports
2026 Winter Paralympics Day 7: Elliott Wins Banked Slalom Gold, Delson Wins Hers, Farmer Breaks the Record
...For Elliott, this was the redemption he talked about. The athlete this site profiled before the Games as racing Beijing with a femur bone through his skin called Milan his "redemption games." He got exactly that. Delson, 20, made her Paralympic debut with a gold medal. She won World Championship silver...
Special Needs > Rare Disorders
Giant Congenital Nevus: Growing Up with a Birthmark That Covers Your Arm and Chest
...imagine: what it looks like when your child grows up confident in their own skin. What Giant Congenital Nevus Is. GCMN is a pigmented birthmark present...melanocytes, the cells that produce pigment. In GCMN, these cells cluster in the skin in greater numbers than normal. Hair growth within the nevus is common, especially...
News > Sports
2026 Winter Paralympics Day 2 Results: Delson and Elliott Win Silver, Gretsch Bronze in Biathlon Individual
...Elliott delivering on a four-year promise. He finished fourth in Beijing 2022 while racing with a broken femur fragment that had punctured through his skin, and he came into Milan with a specific goal: return and get the medal. On Sunday he did. Silver in the men's LL1 final, the top-ranked LL1 male in...
News > Sports
Noah Elliott Raced Beijing with a Femur Bone Through His Skin. He's Calling Milan His Redemption Games.
The three-time world champion raced Beijing 2022 with an exposed bone fragment. In 2026, he enters fully healthy targeting double gold.