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- A Checklist of Tax Benefits for Parents of Special Needs Children (Special Needs Answers – Oct. 2007)
Unique tax benefits are available to families with individuals who have special needs. - A Primer for Parents with a Child With Special Needs (EP Magazine – 11/07)
As the parent of a child with special needs with a lifetime of financial requirements, you can't ignore wealth management issues and public benefit preservation techniques. - Aid for Haiti – Childhood Disability (Bella Online)
As we reach out to the people of Haiti who are suffering from the loss and devastation of the 2010 earthquake, we are learning more about religious and secular organizations specifically dedicated to children with disabilities and their families that were already 'on the ground' providing housing, education, medical support and other essential services. - Adopting a Special Needs Child (Filthy Lucre – 1/6/09)
A review on the literature on the topic of parental adoption of children with special needs. - Back to School With Celiac Disease (Bella Online)
Parents often need to develop a health care plan for their sons and daughters with celiac disease to share with administrators, school staff and daycare workers. Children with celiac disease have dietary restrictions due to gluten intolerance, but there are non-food products that can also cause problems at school and childcare centers, especially in art supplies. - Children and Sign Language (Bella Online)
More preschoolers, kindergarteners and primary grade children are using sign language today than ever before. - Creating a Path to Employment – (Office of Disability Employment Policy – 9/08) – Tips for parents with children with disabilities.
- Guidelines: Maltreatment of Children with Disabilities
- HHS Announces Availability of $3.9 Million to Support Families of Children with Special Health Care Needs (HHS.gov – 10/26/10)
HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius today announced $3.9 million in funding to continue support for Family-to-Family Health Information Centers, non-profit organizations run by families and for families with children with special health care needs. Funding for the centers was extended through 2012 by the Affordable Care Act. - Horses Help Youngsters Cope With Disabilities (SI Live.com)
Children suffering with disabilities like autism and cerebral palsy can find therapy through a program called H.O.O.P.H. operated by the Staten Island Recreation Association. - Impact of Early Intervention on Outcome After Mild Traumatic Brain Injury in Children (American Academy of Petiatrics)
A basic article on mild traumatic brain injury (TBI) and early intervention. - Make sure you protect your special needs child!
You're taking care of your disabled child and hopefully, you're doing okay. But what will happen when you're gone? If you plan ahead, you should be able to make sure your child is protected. - Making Sense of SPD
Sensory processing disorder (SPD) is a disorder that has just recently garnered public attention, having been called the next attention deficit disorder by TIME magazine in 2007. However, it has been a part of occupational and physical therapy for many years prior, because despite how many people know about it, SPD is a real and serious condition. And if your child has it, all you want to know are the facts — what exactly SPD means and how to help your child. - Movie Highlights Kids with Disabilities and Art as Therapy
A new documentary is coming out that highlights kids with disabilities and how art therapy can help. It is an inspiring and heartwarming movie about a wonderful art teacher and some pretty amazing students. - Music Education and Music Therapy (Bella Online)
Children with disabilities who have the opportunity to participate in music education in schools, parks department or other community programs have a better quality of life and richness of experience, just like their mainstream peers. The importance of music education may be underestimated for children who have communication disorders or developmental delays, even in special education classrooms where music therapy could benefit their behavior and social goals as well as improving academic achievement. - Nintendo Wii Therapy Rehab for Children and Teens (Bella Online)
Children and teens who have physical, sensory or intellectual disabilities find the same benefit in playing games with the Nintendo Wii game system as their mainstream peers. The Wii's wireless remote control rather amazingly detects directionality and the speed of acceleration in movements, and the game can provide non-judgmental feedback on physical moves and performance. - Occupational Therapy Briefs
A collection of critically appraised topics (CAT) in occupational therapy. - Orthotics and Shoe Inserts for Children (Bella Online)
There are few magazine articles that mention these commonly used shoe inserts that do make a difference to children with cerebral palsy, Down syndrome or other disorders; those who have challenges related to injury or serious illness; and teens who have pain or discomfort due to walking differently during early childhood and beyond. - Parent to Parent Helps Families with Special Needs Kids (9News.com)
A parent initiated, parent controlled organization that builds inclusive communities, supports its members and takes effective and constructive group action on behalf of family members with disabilities and special health care needs. - Parents of Children with Special Needs Entitled to Income Tax Benefits (2/10/09)
A PowerPoint presentation by Cynthia Sharp with Academy of Special Needs Planners regarding tax issues for parents who have taxable estates and children with special needs. Audio of this presentation and others can be found on ASNP website. - Ramps for Kids (Teen2Teen Magazine – 12/16/10)
Daniel Elkus, a senior at the Frankel Jewish Academy in West Bloomfield, saw a way that he could make a difference – so he took action. When he learned about QuickRamps for Kids, a project of United Cerebral Palsy of Metropolitan Detroit, he gravitated toward the cause. Daniel felt that by giving children access to the community, he would be enabling them to have more opportunities in life. Daniel also made a documentary, illustrating to people how a QuickRamp can change a person's life. Click here for YouTube video. - Service Dog Etiquette (Bella Online)
The first thing we should consider when teaching adults and children service dog etiquette is that it develops naturally from respectful and considerate behavior toward the dog handler who is a person with a disability. While none of us would presume to handle or interfere with a person's wheelchair controls, white cane or hearing aide, our first impulse may be to respond to or interact with service dogs as if they are pets. Children can often recognize and remember rules associated with working service animals better than adults, and may remind their parents that a working dog has a job to do that requires concentration and interaction only with its handler. - Sexual Assault of Kids with Disabilities The sexual abuse of children with disabilities is a distressing and difficult area of safeguarding practice that demands a coherent and
consistent response. - Shut Up About Your Perfect Kid!
A survival guide for ordinary parents of special children. - Tax Benefits for Parents of Kids with LD: 2009 Update (Great Schools.org)
Parents of children with a severe learning disability may be eligible for valuable tax benefits. - Thousands of Kids with Special Needs are Living in Nursing Homes (Wall Street Journal – 7/07)
While the Medicaid program guarantees long-term care for the disabled, many states have insufficient resources to pay for care at home. As a consequence, families with children who have severe disabilities are often forced to place their children in nursing homes primarily meant for the elderly in order for the children to get the care they need. A free online subscription to the Wall Street Journal is required to read the full article. - Voices of Disability: 'Relentless' Parents Help Deaf Son Build Successful LIfe (Oakland Press – 3/15/09)
- Martin Levin, an optometrist, and his wife, Mollene, an artist and former teacher, said they helped their son, now 32 and who will be married June 6 to Hillary Fisher, by “trying to take on the burden of what was going on.”
Patti's Comments: Congratulations to this family. Relentless parents are challenging clients, but I love to help them in their support of their kids. - What About the Siblings? (Common Ground – 8/9/10)
Post about a conference regarding concerns about issues facing people with disabilities and how those issues relate to siblings of people with disabilities. - What is Dwarfism?
There’s been a lot of discussion over the years about the proper way to refer to a child with dwarfism.
