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Lifestyle > Independence
Assistive Technology for Eating Independence
...Liftware and weighted therapy utensils from Therapy Shoppe are common recommendations. Built-up handles make gripping easier for children with weak hand strength or limited fine motor control. Foam tubing slips over standard utensils, or you can buy utensils with pre-molded grips. Some handles bend at angles...
Lifestyle > Independence
Teaching Bathroom Independence to Children with Down Syndrome
...these skills at different rates or in a different sequence. Low muscle tone affects both the sphincter muscles that control elimination and the core strength needed to sit comfortably on a toilet. Some children physically can't hold long enough between recognizing the urge and acting on it. Others don't...
Lifestyle > Art
Art in Occupational Therapy: How OTs Use Creative Work to Build Motor Skills
...targeted intervention. OTs use art activities to build fine motor skills, hand strength, and bilateral coordination in ways that keep kids engaged while hitting...same motor patterns kids need for daily tasks. Squeezing a glue bottle strengthens the same hand muscles used to button a shirt. Cutting paper with scissors...
Career > Skills Training
Pre-ETS for Students with IEPs: Workplace Skills Before Graduation
...disabilities ages 14-21, all of which are mandated services your student can request. Job exploration counseling helps students identify interests, strengths, and career pathways that match their skills. This isn't a one-time career assessment. It's ongoing counseling that evolves as your student learns...
Career > Skills Training
Interview and Job Search Skills Workshops for People with Disabilities
...to write a resume. You've practiced your handshake. You can recite your strengths and weaknesses on command. But when it comes to explaining why you left...disability. When to disclose. How to frame an accommodation request as a strength, not a problem. What to do when an interviewer asks a question that feels...
Career > Interviewing
Cultural Fit Questions and Neurodivergence: Addressing Social Communication Concerns
...framing makes it unclear what evidence you're being asked to provide. Here's what they're looking for, and how to answer in a way that highlights your strengths without masking. What Cultural Fit Measures. Cultural fit isn't code for "can you make small talk in the breakroom." It's shorthand for: will you...
Career > Finding Jobs
Customized Employment: Creating Jobs That Match Your Abilities
...positions that already exist. It's a structured approach that identifies your strengths through a formal assessment process, matches those strengths to employer...identifies your strengths through a formal assessment process, matches those strengths to employer needs, and negotiates job duties before a posting is written....
Career > Discrimination
Retaliation Timeline: Proving Connection Between Protected Activity and Adverse Action
How timing between accommodation requests and employer retaliation strengthens discrimination claims under the ADA.
Assistive Tech > Virtual Assistants
Voice Command Setup for Smart Home Devices: Accessibility Beyond Mobility
Your child can't reach the light switch from their wheelchair. The thermostat is across the room. Opening blinds requires grip strength they don't have. A voice-controlled smart home solves these problems without renovation, but only if you choose the right platform and configure it...
Assistive Tech > Mobility
Transport Wheelchairs vs. Self-Propelled Wheelchairs: Understanding the Difference
...equipment to your child's current abilities, daily routines, and where their strength and coordination may be headed. What Defines a Transport Wheelchair. A...more than upper body function, or for those who are still developing the strength and coordination needed to propel themselves reliably. Transport chairs...
News > Advocacy
Pennsylvania Just Signed Three Executive Orders to Protect Disability Families. Here's What It Means and What Other States Can Do.
On April 15, 2026, Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro signed three executive orders strengthening protections for people with disabilities. The orders limit how state agencies collect and share disability data, create a new advisory commission...
Assistive Tech > Mobility
Trexo Robotic Gait Trainer: What Families Should Know About the Technology
...walker or gait trainer. It doesn't replace their current equipment; it supplements it by enabling walking practice when a child doesn't yet have the strength or coordination to initiate movement on their own. It is FDA listed as a Class I medical device in the United States and has Health Canada approval....