Special Needs

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...compared to the general population. This happens even though research consistently shows that individuals with IDD experience depression, anxiety, and trauma at rates equal to or higher than adults without disabilities. The barrier isn't the need for care. It's being able to afford it. Why Cost Is a Bigger...

...commonly associated with processing delays include autism spectrum disorder, ADHD, auditory processing disorder, language-based learning disabilities, traumatic brain injury, and some anxiety disorders that affect real-time verbal response. You don't need to disclose your specific diagnosis. You can frame...

...simply harmful to someone. Well, the r-word is harmful to us." The campaign is called "Just Evolve." The tagline is direct and the execution avoids trauma narratives or emotional appeals. Instead, a 19-year-old lists things we stopped doing because we figured out they caused harm. Who Noah Matthews Matofsky...

...underdeveloped, play becomes the medium. A child who can't articulate anxiety about parental divorce might reenact separation through dolls. A child processing trauma might repeat scenarios with toy figures until the narrative shifts. The therapist creates a structured environment where that play can happen safely,...

...identity formation, peer relationships, academic pressure, physical changes. Then add disability-specific layers: chronic pain, social isolation, medical trauma from repeated procedures, awareness of difference, restricted independence, and for some, knowledge that their condition is progressive. Depression...

...for some, that repetition creates trauma. Medical trauma refers to the psychological...repetition creates trauma. Medical trauma refers to the psychological and physiological...the crisis has passed. How Medical Trauma Shows Up in Children with Disabilities....disabilities face higher rates of trauma exposure across their lifetimes. Medical...

...learning disability, emotional disturbance, speech or language impairment, intellectual disability, hearing or visual impairment, orthopedic impairment, traumatic brain injury, other health impairment, deaf-blindness, or multiple disabilities. Second, and critically, that disability must adversely affect educational...

...serves people with visual and hearing impairments, mobility limitations, intellectual and developmental disabilities, autism, mental health conditions, traumatic brain injury, learning disabilities, and chronic medical conditions that affect work capacity. You do not need to be receiving SSI or SSDI to apply....

...is Epilepsy? Epilepsy is a neurological disorder marked by recurrent seizures. These are not triggered by an identifiable cause like fever or brain trauma but are instead the result of an unexpected rush of electrical activity within the brain. The symptoms can range from momentary staring spells to convulsive...

...continued from here The Children The root cause of RAD is abandonment trauma or failure to attach. Physical abuse and sexual abuse are much easier to...however we are having an epidemic of "mean girls", too. After the attachment trauma, boys are often disciplined more harshly for their defiance and disrespect...

...suddenly . . . from any child. Anger and its consequences can make children fearful, which makes them unable to learn. The brain will protect itself from trauma and may scramble input or output, which can be a key component of learning disorders. In extreme situations, we hear of suicides by those we least...

...acknowledge the internal emotional experience of a parent of a child with special needs. This is a journey, and there are times when you will feel traumatized or in disbelief with your experience, and times when you wish it would 'all go away.' As professionals, we spend a great deal of time providing...