Tag: special needs

VA Awards $7.8 Million in Adaptive Sport Grants to Aid Disabled Veterans

Military 09/09/2016 admin 0 Comments

Grants promote rehabilitation, health and wellness and community reintegration WASHINGTON – Secretary of Veterans Affairs Robert A. McDonald today announced the awarding of up to $7.8 million in grants for adaptive sports programs for disabled Veterans and disabled Servicemembers of the Armed Forces. The grant recipients may use these funds for planning, developing, managing and implementing these adaptive sports programs. The Department of Veterans Affairs is awarding the grants to national governing bodies, which prepare […]

SARAH & EDISON

Cerebral Palsy, What's Happening 09/09/2016 admin 0 Comments

A STORY OF EMPOWERMENT Our community is getting familiar witha voice on the telephone who methodically checks in with our Ambassador families and to get updates on how their Convaid – and soon R82 – equipment is working for them. She eagerly listens to the adventures, challenges, triumphs and future plans of families living with cerebral palsy, mitochondrial disease, spinal muscular atrophy, autism and countless other conditions. Then, she shares these stories on our blog, […]

What Type of Assistance is Available to Students with Disabilities?

Education, Featured Topics 09/08/2016 admin 0 Comments

LIVING WITH A DISABILITY BY JERRY LEVINSON In an economic environment characterized by ever increasing tuition costs, financing a college education oftentimes seems an insurmountable obstacle for many young people hoping to achieve a college degree. In addition to tuition, fees, and supplies, the cost of room and board, insurance and transportation can cause the price of earning a degree to swell to levels many consider overwhelming. However, as difficult as current costs make achieving […]

Fluid Dynamics

Rick Rader MD 09/07/2016 admin 0 Comments

ANCORA IMPARO BY RICK RADER, MD ■ EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Poop and pee are hardly strangers to Direct Support Professionals. The DSPs have to return the situation to its pre-event status and do it with dignity, respect, grace and reverence to the individual. It’s been a hot summer in the South, and virtually every part of the country has seen extraordinary higher than average temperatures. At my community agency, The Orange Grove Center, we are particularly mindful […]

Need for Health Behavior Models for Your Child with Disabilities

Featured Topics, Wellness 09/01/2016 admin 0 Comments

BY H. BARRY WALDMAN DDS, MPH, PHD AND STEVEN P. PERLMAN DDS, MSCD, DHL (HON) The facts are that these health behavior prospects are genuine possibilities as youngsters with disabilities reach their adult years. Repeated surveys do substantiate these consequences. “Obesity, binge drinking and smoking – you’ve got to be kidding. My child is only 6, 10, or 12 years old. How could you think of that? He/she has enough difficulties with disabilities to even […]