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Navigate Life Texas: Resources for kids with disabilities and special needs
Navigate Life Texas: Resources for kids with disabilities and special needs
When it comes to your child and their medical needs, there is no such thing as a dumb question. Here’s how I think about asking questions in medical settings as a parent of a child with a disability and a nurse.
Categories: Diagnosis & Health Care
It’s easy to get caught up in the social challenges that children with disabilities face. But when we consider the progress made over the last 80-90 years, we can be grateful for how far we have come.
Categories: Family Support
We forget how the medical world has changed with COVID.
Categories: Diagnosis & Health Care
With any child, recognizing cues is important. But as they get older, sometimes it is harder to do.
Categories: Family Support
“Being a mom is like jumping out of a plane with a bunch of people who don’t know how to open their own chutes. So you fly around doing it for them. Then you hit the ground. But you don’t die. You get up and you cook dinner.” -Unknown
Categories: Family Support
There are times when we get overwhelmed. Which way is up? How do I deal with all this? Therapy is one of those tools we don’t know we need until we do.
Categories: Family Support
The Individualized Education Plan (IEP) is the foundation for your child's education and future. You are a very important member of the committee that develops the plan.
Categories: Education & Schools
“Living a meaningful life” means something different for everyone. Let’s help make our children’s lives awesome!
Categories: Transition to Adulthood
When thinking about the transition to adulthood, health care is often overlooked.
Categories: Diagnosis & Health Care
Coming back from poor life choices, this young man is finding the support and services to step into an independent future confidently.
Categories: Transition to Adulthood