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Global Insights > Healthcare
Medicaid for Working Families: Katie Beckett Waivers, Dual Coverage, and Options You Didn't Know Existed
...it doesn't come close to covering your child's therapy appointments, specialist visits, or durable medical...families fall through. Medicaid is the only source of coverage for one in three children with special health...Medicaid if they were in an institution to receive coverage at home, regardless of parent income. The policy...
Health > Alternative Medicine
Music Therapy and Art Therapy: When Creative Interventions Become Medical Treatment
...that music therapy "works" for...mentioned art therapy helped her...clinical music therapy session from...semantic. Music therapy and art therapy...therapy and art therapy are regulated...outcomes, insurance coverage, and what you...What Makes Therapy Clinical. A...degree in music therapy from an accredited...from the Art Therapy Credentials...degree in art therapy from an approved...
Financial > Government Benefits
What Happens to Your Child's Medicaid and Care If You Lose Your Job
...just about paying the mortgage. It's about whether your child's Medicaid coverage, therapy appointments, and disability benefits survive your layoff. The...paying the mortgage. It's about whether your child's Medicaid coverage, therapy appointments, and disability benefits survive your layoff. The answer is...
Financial > Grants
Financial Aid Options for People with Disabilities
...payments to help cover basic living expenses. Medicaid offers health insurance coverage. And grants can help pay for things like adaptive equipment, therapy, and...insurance coverage. And grants can help pay for things like adaptive equipment, therapy, and education. To learn more about these programs, visit https://www.ssa.gov/disability/...
Financial > Financial Planning
Improve Your Special Needs Financial Planning
...double if you have a child with complex medical needs and typical insurance coverage. How can families survive and prevent bankruptcy or foreclosure when dealing...Physician Copays Coinsurance Prescription Copays Therapy Copays Home Health Copays ...
Special Needs > Autism Spectrum
Blue Shield to Cover Autism Therapy
...applied behavior analysis (ABA) therapy for autism patients. This...already began paying for ABA therapy for members enrolled in plans...insurance policies to give coverage for behavior health treatment...health insurers to provide coverage such as ABA therapy to patients...provide coverage such as ABA therapy to patients with autism who...
Legal > Healthcare
Autism Coverage Bills
...legislature for autism medical coverage. Both Florida and Michigan...Michigan have passed autism coverage bills for review. These bills...in need pay for necessary therapy for children with autism....to properly treat autism. Therapy is needed for children with...families to obtain autism coverage. Previously, applied behavior...
Special Needs > Cerebral Palsy
Hip Surveillance for Children with Cerebral Palsy: A Parent's Guide to the Monitoring Schedule
...child is in pain or has visible gait changes, the hip may have migrated significantly, narrowing the window for less invasive options like physical therapy adjustments, bracing, or muscle release surgery. Why Children with CP Are at Higher Risk. Cerebral palsy affects muscle...
Research > Genetics
CRISPR Gene Therapy for Rare Pediatric Disorders: What Families Need to Know
...February 2025, a medical team at UCSF delivered the first personalized CRISPR therapy to an infant with CPS1 deficiency, a rare metabolic disorder that prevents...most children with rare disorders won't qualify for personalized CRISPR therapy in the next few years. But the infrastructure being built right now, including...
Research > Brain Science
Neuroplasticity Across Disabilities: The Science of Brain Change in Children with Cerebral Palsy, Down Syndrome, and Stroke
How neuroplasticity works across CP, Down syndrome, and stroke—what repetition, intensity, and timing mean for your child's therapy.
Research > Brain Science
Brain Connectivity and Cerebral Palsy: Why More Isn't Always Better
For years, you've probably heard that more is better. More therapy, more repetition, denser neural networks, under the assumption that a brain...surprising research, and it has real implications for how families think about therapy, progress, and what they're trying to achieve. The Study and What It Found....
News > Research
When Studies Disagree: How to Make Sense of Conflicting Research as a Special Needs Parent
...study showing that intensive therapy produces better outcomes. You...between intensive and standard therapy schedules. Now what? This isn't...time limits for ADHD, optimal therapy intensity, medication timing,...people. A study on speech therapy outcomes for three-year-olds...thing as a study on speech therapy for seven-year-olds with moderate...