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National Autism Indicators Report: The Connection Between Autism and Financial Hardship

Education, Featured Topics 07/01/202006/29/2020 admin

An autism diagnosis can present a number of challenges for families from learning about the neurodevelopment disorder and accessing support services and resources to financial struggles. A new report from the A.J. Drexel Autism Institute at Drexel University highlighted the financial challenges facing households of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in the United States. According to the report, households of children with ASD experience higher levels of poverty, material hardship and medical expenses than […]

Since Schools Have Closed Parents of Special Needs Children ‘wearing many hats’

Autism, Cerebral Palsy, Down Syndrome, Featured Topics, Intellectual Disability, Muscular Dystrophy, Parenting 06/30/202006/29/2020 admin

With 8-year-old triplets who go to school in Encinitas, each one on the autism spectrum, Jeff Ladman and his wife Tara felt “like the rug’s been pulled out from underneath” them when the novel coronavirus pandemic closed schools in mid-March and reduced therapy sessions to online only. Two of their sons, second-graders Keith and Holden, have class with special education and mainstream teachers at Flora Vista and are “high functioning,” Ladman said. The third, Jarrett, […]

Rethinking School Startup for Students with Special Needs

Autism, Cerebral Palsy, Down Syndrome, eParent Connect, Featured Topics, Intellectual Disability 06/29/202006/25/2020 admin

Post-pandemic brings new realities, problem-solving to the issues of mandated transportation for the most vulnerable student population. By Amanda Pampuro Getting vulnerable kids to school has always been challenging, but the spread of COVID-19 brings a whole new set of problems. How do you rearrange the school bus so students with wheelchairs are sitting far enough apart to adhere to physical distancing requirements? How do bus drivers and monitors adhere to those same standards when […]

IBCCES launches teletherapy training, certification program to help children with autism, special needs

What's Happening 06/29/202006/29/2020 admin

IBCCES has launched a teletherapy training and certification program for speech and occupational therapists to help children with autism and special needs. Author: Heather Crawford JACKSONVILLE, Fla — For many children with autism and other special needs, the pandemic has limited or changed the way they receive services. A Jacksonville social impact company is leading the way to help train and certify therapists across the country for teletherapy, so children don’t have a gap in […]

Learning Remotely Is A Struggle For Students With Special Needs

Autism, Cerebral Palsy, Down Syndrome, Education, Featured Topics, Intellectual Disability 06/26/202006/25/2020 admin

Shanna Henderson says the coronavirus pandemic has triggered some of the most difficult moments of her life. She temporarily lost her job as a dental hygienist, and the statewide shift to remote learning left her scrambling to educate her six kids at home. But job security and playing teacher aren’t as difficult as managing the “profound behavioral challenges” of her 13-year-old son with severe autism and bipolar disorder, Henderson told Idaho Education News. “We now have […]