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Financial Planning for Adults with Intellectual Disabilities: Supported Decision-Making for Money
When your child with an intellectual or developmental disability turns 18, you'll face dozens of decisions about their adult...decision-making (SDM) is a legal framework that lets adults with intellectual disabilities keep decision-making authority while getting support from people they...
Financial > Financial Planning
Long-Term Care Insurance and Disability: Planning for Future Care Costs
...costs. But for families with children with disabilities, standard long-term care insurance policies...child needs. The underwriting process treats developmental and congenital disabilities as uninsurable pre-existing...process treats developmental and congenital disabilities as uninsurable pre-existing conditions, and...
News > Advocacy
Pennsylvania Just Signed Three Executive Orders to Protect Disability Families. Here's What It Means and What Other States Can Do.
...for people with disabilities. The orders limit...reestablish the Developmental Disabilities Council...the Developmental Disabilities Council to continue...on People with Disabilities. The commission...including people with disabilities, family members,...reestablishes the Developmental Disabilities Council....the Developmental Disabilities Council. The council...
Assistive Tech > Mobility
Wheelchair-Accessible School Bus Transportation: Legal Rights and Practical Solutions
...something their doctor has said isn't safe. Under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), transportation is a related service that school...Transportation Is a Related Service Under IDEA. IDEA defines related services as "developmental, corrective, and other supportive services required to assist a child...
Legal > Healthcare
Healthcare Decision-Making Rights: From Consent to Guardianship Alternatives
...guardianship isn't the only option. For many young adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities, it's not even the right option. There are legal tools that...only option. For many young adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities, it's not even the right option. There are legal tools that preserve...
Therapies > Animal
Service Dog, Therapy Dog, or Emotional Support Animal: Which Is Right for Your Child?
...disability. Under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), service dogs have full...Common tasks for children with disabilities: Deep pressure therapy during...self-injurious behavior (autism, developmental disabilities) Retrieving medication...behavior (autism, developmental disabilities) Retrieving medication or emergency...
Therapies > Music
How to Pay for Music Therapy: Insurance, Medicaid Waivers, and Grant Programs
...systems designed specifically to fund developmental and therapeutic services that insurance...Music therapy is typically coded as developmental or educational support, not medical...similar denials when the goal is developmental progress rather than recovery from...services that help children with disabilities develop skills, not just maintain...
Social Engagement > Dating and Relationships
Sexuality Education for People with Disabilities: Why It Matters and Where to Find It
People with disabilities have the same questions...with intellectual and developmental disabilities improved...intellectual and developmental disabilities improved their understanding...education for people with disabilities isn't about encouraging...Without it, people with disabilities are more likely to...understanding their own development, asking questions about...
Social Engagement > Dating and Relationships
A Parent's Guide to Supporting Your Teen with Special Needs in Their First Relationships
...public behavior: these concepts take longer to internalize for kids with developmental disabilities, and they need repetition across contexts before they stick....these concepts take longer to internalize for kids with developmental disabilities, and they need repetition across contexts before they stick. If you start...
Global Insights > Healthcare
The Healthcare Transition at 21: How to Prepare Your Child (and Yourself) for the Shift to Adult Care
...with neurodevelopmental disabilities transfer to adult care....adults who had pediatric disabilities. Fewer than half of children...expertise in neurodevelopmental disabilities don't exist in numbers that...syndrome, or intellectual disabilities grew up seeing pediatric...Those doctors knew what developmental milestones looked like in...
Legal > Government Benefits
Maryland Is Cutting $250 Million in Disability Services. Families Have Days to Push Back.
...$126 million from the Developmental Disabilities Administration...the Developmental Disabilities Administration (DDA)...Who It Serves. The Developmental Disabilities Administration...The Developmental Disabilities Administration runs...with intellectual and developmental disabilities. In fiscal...and developmental disabilities. In fiscal 2025, 19,100...
Legal > Government Benefits
Idaho Passed $22M in Medicaid Disability Cuts. Here's What Families Can Do Before the Governor Signs.
...supported living arrangements, and day programs for adults and children with developmental disabilities. The math is straightforward. A provider receives a set...arrangements, and day programs for adults and children with developmental disabilities. The math is straightforward. A provider receives a set reimbursement...