Mommy’s Timeout: Winter Season Landscape
Take a Time Out Take a time out and use visualization meditation to relax. Imagine yourself here among the snow-covered trees and enjoy the beautiful serenity of this winter...
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Have You heard? IRS Increases Limit For ABLE Accounts
Federal gift tax exclusion has increased from $16,000 to $17,000 annually. This increase went into effect this month and is allowing people with disabilities to save more money without jeopardizing...
The Sandwich Generation: How To Handle it All, and Then Some!
How To handle it All, and Then Some! You are a part of the “Sandwich Generation” if you are busy raising children and caring for elderly parents! The term also...
3 Steps To Make Progress This Year
A new year brings renewed energy and the opportunity to create a new plan and goals with your loved one for the year. You may have done this in previous...
Better Ways to Measure Cognitive Change
Cognitive Change Testing new therapies for people with intellectual disability is a challenge without accurate tools to measure whether the intervention or medication works. A new study by researchers at...
Research to Practice: Teaching Peers to Improve Conversation with Autistic Teens
Even in inclusive settings, high school can be a very lonely place for autistic teens or students with intellectual disability. Unlike struggling in an academic area where accommodations are typically...
Meet: Dr. Christopher Najarian
Dr. Christopher Najarian, a pediatric doctor at Akron Children’s Hospital “stopped by” Parenting Special Needs Live earlier this month to share his story and how adaptive sports programs impacted his...
Sports Adapted to Your Child’s Abilities
Did you know that there are over 8,000 different sports in this world? Yes, 8,000! There are physical sports, mind sports, board sports, equestrian sports, the list goes on. There...
Family Live Chat: Including Us: Sharing Cultural Diversities
How you can help understanding grow when cultural differences are misunderstood? Have you ever had someone misunderstand your cultural differences? It can easily and innocently happen, but it is...
Mommy’s Timeout: Winter Heart Branches
Take a Time Out Take a time out and use visualization meditation to relax. Picture yourself here amongst the snow-covered branches gazing through the heart shaped opening. Experience the...
