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...that's going to knock you sideways for weeks. And you're worried that if you...legal framework designed specifically for this situation. The Americans with Disabilities...conditions. Surgery recovery, chemotherapy, radiation treatment, a broken limb that...reconstruction that requires months of physical therapy and restricted mobility does. Duration...

Obama's healthcare debate filled the radio airwaves the weeks before daughter was born. I...history in the making. I could not fathom paying for every little part of the healthcare we receive —...would have paid around $15,000 in occupational therapy costs alone. But our provincial...

...expensive. How do you know what is right for your child's specific needs? Since the...or sleep through the night, if any therapy is to be effective, the brain must be...of learning disabilities, the data for ADHD is especially strong. In collaboration...from Tübingen University (Germany), Radboud University (Nijmegen, the Netherlands),...

...crisscrossing the country lecturing on the topic of Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD) — a mental health disorder common among children who were subject to severe...early infancy followed by years of instability — an all-too-common formula for children in foster care. Without proper intervention, these children have...

...wrong account. The asset limit for SSI is $2,000 for an individual....asset limit for SSI is $2,000 for an individual. Medicaid uses...gap, medication costs resume, therapy stops, and home care disappears....A personal injury settlement for $100,000 sitting in a savings...goal is to preserve the funds for future needs without sacrificing...

...benefits independently. For children under 18,...this is automatic. For adults, SSA makes...can change, matters for both immediate compliance...legally responsible for using it correctly,...Using benefits only for the beneficiary's...can use benefits for education expenses,...education expenses, therapy not covered by insurance,...do is use benefits for expenses...

...your child has cerebral palsy and requires regular therapy appointments, and suddenly your performance reviews...spouse means higher insurance costs Passes you over for a lateral transfer because they believe you'll need...because they believe you'll need frequent time off for caregiving Terminates you after learning your partner...

You've been approved for a service animal. Your dog is trained,...trained to do work or perform tasks for a person with a disability. The tasks...disability. Emotional support animals, therapy animals, and comfort animals are not...interactive process. That's a formal term for a two-way conversation about whether...

You aren't a maintenance technician. You're a parent who needs your child's wheelchair to work reliably so they can get to school, participate in therapy, and move through the world without interruption. A missed loose bolt or worn tire doesn't just mean a repair appointment: it means lost mobility,...

...Education Act (IDEA), and it doesn't bend for funding pressure. This matters right...provide schools $7.5 billion annually for special education services like speech...special education services like speech therapy, OT, PT, and assistive technology, are...IEP, and a school's inability to pay for those services doesn't change that....

...you've watched your child push through physical therapy sessions and the progress is still slow, the waiting...Trexo is a pediatric robotic gait trainer designed for home and clinical use. It supports children as young...that attach to the child's legs, a harness system for partial weight support, and a base unit that the...

...Regenerative Medicine Advanced Therapy (RMAT) designation...investigational gene therapy developed by Grace...developed by Grace Science for NGLY1 Deficiency. The...in patients treated for at least 52 weeks....at least 52 weeks. For families of children...life-threatening diseases. For families, this means...GS-100 may qualify for accelerated approval...