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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...
Education > Higher Education
College Programs for Students with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities: What CTPs Offer
...the end of formal education for most students with intellectual and developmental disabilities. That's changing. Comprehensive Transition Programs offer...formal education for most students with intellectual and developmental disabilities. That's changing. Comprehensive Transition Programs offer a pathway to...
Therapies > Play
Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT): What It Is and How It Helps Special Needs Families
...happens. For families raising children with developmental delays, autism, ADHD, or sensory processing...programs extend it to age 12 for children with developmental disabilities. The model has two phases: Child-Directed...it to age 12 for children with developmental disabilities. The model has two phases: Child-Directed Interaction...
Special Needs > Cancer
Childhood Cancer Survivorship: Understanding Long-Term Effects and Disability Supports
...attention problems, or the pediatrician flagged developmental delays, or you noticed your child can't run...childhood cancer survivors, they constitute disabilities requiring long-term support. The survivorship...transition to a different kind of medical and developmental management, one that most families enter without...
Special Needs > Respiratory Health
Respiratory Health for Children with Disabilities: A Complete Family Guide
...well they can clear their airways. A ventilator-dependent child with a developmental disability needs a school team that understands both the medical equipment...most common chronic respiratory condition in children. For kids with disabilities, it often shows up differently than it does in typically developing children....
Special Needs > Down Syndrome
Preparing Your Teen with Down Syndrome for Adult Life: A Transition Planning Guide
...linkages: the school identifies outside agencies such as vocational rehab, developmental disabilities services, and Medicaid waiver programs, then coordinates...identifies outside agencies such as vocational rehab, developmental disabilities services, and Medicaid waiver programs, then coordinates with them before...
Special Needs > Down Syndrome
Your Early Intervention Roadmap for Down Syndrome: Therapy Options from Birth to Age Three
...therapy for infants and toddlers with developmental delays or disabilities. Under IDEA...toddlers with developmental delays or disabilities. Under IDEA Part C, your baby qualifies...addresses a specific aspect of development that hypotonia affects. Hypotonia...therapy addresses feeding, oral motor development, and later, language. OT focuses...
Special Needs > Diabetes
Managing Diabetes When Your Child Has Another Disability: A Dual Diagnosis Guide
...do I teach hypoglycemia awareness to a child who can't reliably communicate what they're feeling? Managing diabetes when your child also has a developmental, cognitive, or physical disability isn't just standard diabetes care with extra steps. The entire approach changes because communication barriers...