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Gym Class Heroes
Local gyms offer classes and training for kids with special needs.
Cruel Summer
It’s that time of year again. Summertime means kids of all ages play baseball, swim and spend days running around…
On Call
Imagine this: Your child’s speech therapy session starts in 30 minutes. But instead of running around, loading the car and…
Naturally Controversial
Walker McCain, 22, who is severely autistic, started his self-injuring behavior when he was 5. At Sunday school in Carrollton,…
Silent Sufferers
In the short term, having a parent who is addicted to drugs or alcohol can make a child lose his sense of self. He may be embarrassed to bring friends home. Long term, children with parents who suffer from addiction have an increased incidence of academic problems, mental illness, criminal behavior and early use — and abuse — of the same substances that bind and restrict their parents.
Keeping Kids Safe From the Unsuspecting Poisons in Your Home
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), there are over 300 children, nearly half under the age of 6, treated in emergency rooms each day as a result of poisoning injuries, typically from ingestion.
Take a Seat
So here I sit watching the rainbow of scrub-wearing personnel enter and exit, fill orders, check vitals then repeat.
The Sibling Superhero
Our daughter Kiersten is 9, and along with the standard drama, trials and tribulations that accompany a pre-tween, our little lady faces the added daily stress of living with and worrying about siblings with serious issues.
The State of Our Children: Special Education
The current system continues to fail thousands of kids with autism, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, mental illness and other special needs.
How to Help Your Child With Special Needs Find Friends
Friendlessness can be the norm for a lot of kids with physical and intellectual disabilities, many of whom have spent lots of their childhood with little to no peer interaction.
Will This Be the Time?
Death is a difficult subject to talk about and near impossible when it comes to your children, but my wife and I have had to have that conversation.
Words of Appreciation
Each week, four therapists, eight nurses and six attendants cross the threshold of our home to love and care for our children, and we are so blessed to have them.
Sports for Kids with Special Needs
Kids with special needs who play sports or engage in recreational activities are more confident, have better overall fitness and experience an enhanced feeling of well-being.
Sign Language vs. Cochlear Implants
Some believe that the therapies that accompany a cochlear implant emphasize the superiority of spoken language over sign language.
STAR Kids: Texas' New Managed Care System
This fall, Texas is implementing a new managed care insurance program called STAR Kids. Many are concerned this won’t be a change for the better.
Beneath the Surface
Living with love, chaos and a child with a mental illness; Mental illness looks different on kids and often puts families in a bewildering path of faulty assumptions, confusing symptoms and changing game plans
Slamming Doors
Nick turns 21 in October, and the state believes that his overnight services no longer need to be funded. The state agencies currently support Nick and his needs as a minor. In a few months, Nick runs the risk of having all of this stripped away.
Should You Use Essential Oils on Your Child With Special Needs?
Anecdotal evidence suggests essential oils can curb everything from anxiety to restlessness in kids with special needs. We spoke with experts to investigate whether essential oils really offer the help that they claim to.
Cameras in Special Education Classrooms
Will cameras protect kids and teachers in special education classrooms?