Mental Health and Teens with Disabilities
Mental Health – More Than Just a Bad Day? Teens with disabilities may face extra stress. This can include: Feeling different from others Trouble with communication or sensory overload Changes […]
Author: Ashlie Baker
Del Diagnóstico a la Aceptación del Autismo
“Cuando escuché la palabra autismo por primera vez, sentí miedo.” Así lo describía una madre durante una conversación reciente con otros padres. Como muchas familias, al principio no sabía qué […]
Childhood Anxiety Explained: How Parents Can Help
Anxiety is not just “worrying too much.” For many children and teens, it is a real mental illness that can affect sleep, school, friendships, and family life, and parents play […]
Navigating School Mental Health Supports
From Struggling to Supported If you’re parenting a student with a disability, you’ve probably seen it—the after-school exhaustion, the frustration over “simple” tasks. This anxiety builds on Sunday night before […]
Making the Most of Summer Break as a Special Needs Family
As special needs parents, we may be looking at the approaching summer break with both anticipation and fear. It’s nice not to have to worry about catching that bus, packing […]
Understanding Sibling Mental Health in Families with Disability
The Weight They Carry They’re the ones you see in waiting rooms, doing homework or scrolling their phones while appointments stretch on. They’re the ones who know all the medical […]
Advocacy in Action: Alexander Pack
National Speech Language Hearing Month
Supporting Communication and Hearing Health at Every Stage Would you recognize the signs if your child was struggling to communicate or hear clearly? National Speech-Language-Hearing Month is a month-long observance […]
Inside Autism-Related Police Response Training
Why Police Crisis Response Training Matters Behaviors related to autism can sometimes be misunderstood by law enforcement. The goal of this training is not to diagnose autism, but to help […]
Estate Planning
Turning Planning Into Security for Their Future For families of people with disabilities, planning for the future is about more than inheritance; it’s about lifelong support, stability, and protection. That […]
Navegando el sistema de salud
Una guía para familias de niños con discapacidades Recibir un diagnóstico o notar que un hijo tiene necesidades especiales puede abrir la puerta a un mundo completamente nuevo: evaluaciones, especialistas, […]
Cuando la Escuela Reporta Problemas de Conducta
Lo que los padres deben saber Recibir una llamada o un mensaje de la escuela indicando que su hijo tuvo un problema de conducta puede ser preocupante o frustrante para […]