THE FITNESS PRIORITY BY KRISTIN MCNEALUS, PT, DPT You cannot continue to care for your family if you do not also care for yourself. We all know that exercise is important to incorporate into our regular routine, and yet there are many excuses that get in the way, and the workouts get cut easier than other tasks that seem to be a higher priority at the time. It may seem impossible to exercise at times. […]
Many individuals and families who live with special needs are eagerly anticipating the availability of ABLE accounts. What is an ABLE account? Is it something you’ll want? Or need? Are you even eligible to have one? “It’s been a long wait,” says Chris Collier1, CLU, ChSNC, who is a Special Care Planner and has earned the Chartered Special Needs Consultant designation.2 He’s with the Innova Financial Group3 in Cincinnati, Ohio, a general agency of Massachusetts […]
BY DR. JOHN SHUMKO, M.D., PHD AND DIANA TOTO, M.S. In the end, it all comes back to those that are concussed understanding how truly important it is to report symptoms accurately and honestly. In November 2013, Ryan Barcelona, a 14-year old from Berkeley Heights, New Jersey was playing a fierce soccer game for his club team when he suffered a hard body-to-body collision and was whipped around. At that time he was taken out […]
Interdisciplinary University-Based Center Will Be Leader in The Field of Autism in the Middle East Planned investment of $75 million USD The Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the Hadassah Medical Center will establish the first interdisciplinary university-based autism center in the Middle East. The Autism Center is a collaborative and interdisciplinary effort bridging several faculties within the Hebrew University and Hadassah Medical Center, anchored in the Hebrew University’s Faculty of Medicine. The Autism Center will […]
AMERICAN ACADEMY OF DEVELOPMENTAL MEDICINE & DENTISTRY BY H. BARRY WALDMAN DDS, MPH, PHD, STEVEN P. PERLMAN DDS, MSCD, DHL (HON), AND MISHA GAREY, DDS “When it comes to family arrangements, the United States has a North-South divide. Children growing up across much of the northern part of the country are much more likely to grow up with two parents than children across the South.” 1 TWO PARENT FAMILIES There is a kind of “two-parent […]
