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Dental Health Concerns for People with Disabilities

Dental Health Concerns for People with Disabilities

Maintaining good dental health isn’t just a good way to help prevent cavities and bad breath. Plenty of... Read More

A Home of Her Own

A Home of Her Own

Our daughter Jessica has a rare chromosome deletion (1q43-q44; see https://chromodisorder.org/brochures/1q43-q... Read More

How Nutrition Impacts Learning, Behavior, and Regulation

How Nutrition Impacts Learning, Behavior, and Regulation

Introduction: More Than a Meal For the last 14 years, I have attended IEP meetings. Along with my IEP team, d... Read More

Finding and Keeping Your Tribe as a Caregiver

Finding and Keeping Your Tribe as a Caregiver

When you become a caregiver, especially a younger caregiver, it can feel like you stepped into a role you were... Read More

The Unseen Impact: First Responders and the Autism Community

The Unseen Impact: First Responders and the Autism Community

As a parent of a child with autism, I’ve learned that the world, though often well-intentioned, is rarel... Read More

Calm in the Chair: 12 Tips for Stress-Free Dentist Visits with Autistic Kids and Teens

Calm in the Chair: 12 Tips for Stress-Free Dentist Visits with Autistic Kids and Teens

Here’s my advice on prepping your child for the dentist, so they’ll hopefully love going back!... Read More

From Both Sides

From Both Sides

I have been a special education teacher for over a decade. Educationally, I excel at the IEP table as a teache... Read More

Tips for Preparing Children for Medical Visits

Tips for Preparing Children for Medical Visits

Medical visits, whether for regular doctor, dentist appointments or urgent care, can be scary, particularly fo... Read More

Parenting Takes A Village When Caring for Multiple Children with Disabilities

Parenting Takes A Village When Caring for Multiple Children with Disabilities

It’s not unusual for families supporting multiple children with disabilities to need to look to the comm... Read More

First Steps to Healthy Habits

First Steps to Healthy Habits

Three tips for encouraging physical fitness and healthy eating in children and teens with autism, inspired by... Read More

Why Are People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Left Out of Clinical Research Trials?

Why Are People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Left Out of Clinical Research Trials?

“Clinical trials should, to the extent possible, enroll a population that is representative of the diver... Read More

Worth the Work

Worth the Work

Two weeks ago, my family, including my aunt and my mother, flew to Florida for our last semi-annual trip to Di... Read More

The Impact of Adoption on Education

The Impact of Adoption on Education

Adoption is a common method of creating or expanding a family. There are many types of adoptions: private, thr... Read More

Engaged & Empowered: Supporting People to Take Charge of their Health

Engaged & Empowered: Supporting People to Take Charge of their Health

The Engaged and Empowered Program is a wellness-based initiative for people with intellectual and developmenta... Read More

Ten Tips for Police, Paramedics and EMTs who Respond to Individuals with Special Needs

Ten Tips for Police, Paramedics and EMTs who Respond to Individuals with Special Needs

Police officers, paramedics and emergency medical technicians (EMTs) are often the first to respond to an emer... Read More

Dentistry and the Elderly

Dentistry and the Elderly

The Baby Boomers, post-World War II Americans born between 1945 and 1964, are one of the nation's largest gene... Read More