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Career > Discrimination
Association Discrimination: When Your Employer Discriminates Because of Your Disabled Child or Spouse
...disclose that your child has cerebral palsy and requires regular...that your child has cerebral palsy and requires regular therapy...palsy and requires regular therapy appointments, and suddenly...insurance costs Passes you over for a lateral transfer because...you'll need frequent time off for caregiving Terminates you after...
Assistive Tech > Mobility
Trexo Robotic Gait Trainer: What Families Should Know About the Technology
...child push through physical therapy sessions and the progress is...robotic gait trainer designed for home and clinical use. It supports...child's legs, a harness system for partial weight support, and...users include children with cerebral palsy, spina bifida, muscular...include children with cerebral palsy, spina bifida, muscular dystrophy,...
Therapies > Animal
Service Dog, Therapy Dog, or Emotional Support Animal: Which Is Right for Your Child?
...support options for your child, and...overlapping: service dog, therapy dog, emotional...pay thousands for "ESA certifications"...dog lists when a therapy dog program would...specific tasks for a person with...Common tasks for children with...Deep pressure therapy during meltdowns...devices (epilepsy, cerebral palsy) Blocking...(epilepsy, cerebral palsy) Blocking or creating...
Special Needs > Cerebral Palsy
Hip Surveillance for Children with Cerebral Palsy: A Parent's Guide to the Monitoring Schedule
...your child has cerebral palsy, there's...child has cerebral palsy, there's a monitoring...monitoring schedule for their hips that...protocol exists for a reason: children...at higher risk for hip displacement...narrowing the window for less invasive...like physical therapy adjustments, bracing,...at Higher Risk. Cerebral palsy affects...Risk. Cerebral palsy affects muscle...
Research > Brain Science
Neuroplasticity Across Disabilities: The Science of Brain Change in Children with Cerebral Palsy, Down Syndrome, and Stroke
...here's what gets confusing: you're hearing it in three different contexts (cerebral palsy, Down syndrome, pediatric stroke) and you're wondering if it means...gets confusing: you're hearing it in three different contexts (cerebral palsy, Down syndrome, pediatric stroke) and you're wondering if it means the same...
Research > Brain Science
Brain Connectivity and Cerebral Palsy: Why More Isn't Always Better
For years, you've probably...more is better. More therapy, more repetition, denser...over. Children with cerebral palsy who had higher...Children with cerebral palsy who had higher brain...real implications for how families think...families think about therapy, progress, and what..."Compensatory" Means for Your Child's Experience....
Global Insights > Culture
Person-First or Identity-First? What Parents Should Know About Language in the Disability Community
...identity, not the sum total. A child with cerebral palsy is also a daughter, a reader,...the sum total. A child with cerebral palsy is also a daughter, a reader, a friend....intervention programs, school systems, and therapy clinics still teach person-first language...Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). For many families, it's the first framework...
Therapies > Physical
Physical Therapy for Children with Special Needs: A Complete Parent's Guide
...Your teenager with cerebral palsy is losing...teenager with cerebral palsy is losing range...despite years of therapy. These are the moments...child need physical therapy? And if they do,...start? Physical therapy for children with...Physical therapy for children with special...life. It's not just for kids who can't walk....trust. What Physical Therapy Addresses in Children....
Therapies > Other
Alternative and Complementary Therapies for Special Needs Children: What the Research Says
...craniosacral therapy. A friend...and art therapy and wonder...therapies for special...complementary therapy categories...shows for children...autism, cerebral palsy,...cerebral palsy, sensory...whether a therapy works,...compare a therapy group...isolates the therapy's effect...that a therapy produces...whether a therapy shows...worked for them....control for confounding...using a therapy may be...of the therapy, natural...
Therapies > Music
Music Therapy for Special Needs Children: What Parents Should Know
...recommends music therapy, you might...entirely. Music therapy is a clinical...instrument for performance....what music therapy is, who provides...What Music Therapy Is (And What...Isn't). Music therapy is the clinical...American Music Therapy Association...child with cerebral palsy develop...with cerebral palsy develop bilateral...the scaffold for reaching the...proficiency. Music therapy uses music...
Medical > Orthopedics
Contractures in Children with Cerebral Palsy: Recognition, Prevention, and When to Escalate Care
...Contractures in children with spastic cerebral palsy aren't inevitable, but they're...in children with spastic cerebral palsy aren't inevitable, but they're progressive...fixed joint restriction. The window for non-surgical intervention doesn't stay...navigate: home stretching, physical therapy, serial casting, botulinum toxin injections,...
Medical > Psychiatry
The Hidden Mental Health Crisis: Why Teenagers with Disabilities Need Psychiatric Care (And How to Access It)
Your teenage daughter has cerebral palsy. She's always been a fighter,... Your teenage daughter has cerebral palsy. She's always been a fighter, navigating...trying. She doesn't want to go to therapy appointments. She cries when you mention...difference, restricted independence, and for some, knowledge that their condition...