Special Needs

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...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...

...stories, mothers describe these feelings and the issues they struggled with, such as deciding whether or not to terminate the pregnancy, feeling calm or traumatized after hearing the diagnosis, or reflecting on the years of raising a child with Down syndrome. These stories are meant to inspire or help mothers...

...his own childhood played a crucial role in shaping his perspective as well. The victim of unspeakable child abuse, Will Corcoran believes that his traumatic childhood experiences have given him a unique ability to understand and encourage Henry. Through an intimate account of both his own harrowing...