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Managing Diabetes When Your Child Has Another Disability: A Dual Diagnosis Guide
Your child's blood sugar dropped to 65 during afternoon math class. The teacher noticed irritability...at the same time. This guide walks through adapted approaches for blood sugar monitoring, hypoglycemia recognition, school coordination, and communication...
Special Needs > Diabetes
CGM and Insulin Pump Technology: What Parents of Children with Diabetes Need to Know
...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 check blood sugar on...
Special Needs > Diabetes
Navigating Diabetes Care for Individuals with Special Needs
...and Special Needs. Diabetes is a condition that affects how the body uses sugar for energy. People with special needs may have a higher chance of getting...wheat bread Include protein foods like chicken, fish, beans, and nuts Limit sugary and fatty foods Healthy eating doesn't have to be hard. Small changes can...
Health > Mental Health
Health Scare Fatigue!
...Ok? – get over it! Suck it up! – only not being born prevents it. Sadly this is not a recent phenomenon – I recall a full page advertisement by the Sugar Corporation about 20 years ago. Underneath a picture of a skeleton the caption read 'This man gave up eating everything that was bad for him'. I did...
Health > Nutrition
Recipe: Coconut Milk Yogurt from Lexie's Kitchen
...a wee bit expensive and is loaded with too much sugar for everyday yogurt consumption. Just one 6-ounce...of plain non-dairy yogurt contains 12 grams of sugar (let's not even examine the label of the flavored...ounces! Frustrated by cost and while following the sugar-restrictive candida diet, I began fooling around...
Special Needs > Muscular Dystrophy
The Problem of MD Chronic Joint Pain
...side-effect solution to chronic joint pain for the Muscular Dystrophy (MD) patient? The answer is yes, and the main "medicine" in this treatment is sugar. Muscular Dystrophy, sports related injuries, and injuries related to years of wear and tear all share in common that the chronic joint pain they cause...
Health > Treatment
Are Meds Making Your Child Sick?
...The most frequent problems associated with drugs tend to be gastro-intestinal bleeding, changes in mental status, and extremely low or high blood sugar. Patients with special needs can be even more prone to these issues. Gold says three out of four of these incidents can be prevented if you know the...
Special Needs > Diabetes
Nick Jonas on Living with Type 1 Diabetes
...was performing with the Jonas Brothers on stage and experienced a blood sugar high or low. “It's a horrible feeling,” he tells CNN. “High blood sugar,...sugar high or low. “It's a horrible feeling,” he tells CNN. “High blood sugar, you're feeling thirsty, you have to use the restroom, and your attitude...
Special Needs > Diabetes
I Was Diagnosed with Diabetes as a Teen
...down by strangers while trying to take my medication. I had no idea that I would uncontrollably stuff my face with food every time I got low blood sugar. Everything the hospital told me about this disease went by in a blur and did little to nothing for to prepare me for what was to come. I went from...
Special Needs > Attention Deficit Disorders
Improving ADD with a Better Diet
Diet changes, like adding whole foods & Omega-3s and cutting sugar & processed foods, may improve ADD symptoms without medication.
Therapies > Physical
Helping Child with Special Needs Through Yoga
...imagination and readiness to learn.” Yoga teacher Sonia Sumar developed a program for Roberta, whose daughter...syndrome. In her book, “Yoga for the Special Child,” Sumar shares the success she’s had with Roberta, and later...helped achieve their full potential through yoga. Sumar’s book can be used to design a fun and effective...
Special Needs > Attention Deficit Disorders
Best Treatments for Adult ADD
...adult with ADD, eating a whole foods diet will not only keep you healthy, but it will also help you manage your ADD better. Limit processed foods and sugary foods, which can increase your chance of mood swings and lack of concentration. Exercising vigorously can help burn off the extra energy and aggression...