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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
We live in a world where we measure everything our kids do by a standard milestone measurement tool. Everything from potty training to speaking in full sentences is asked about at well-child check-ups.
Categories: Transition to Adulthood
We know that kids who have more intense needs are sometimes a challenge. It adds to that challenge when extended family (or close friends) do not understand or are dismissive of the disabilities of our children.
Categories: Family Support
One doctor can be a hero to one family and an absolute failure for another family. Here is one family’s story.
Categories: Diagnosis & Healthcare, Family Support
Holidays often bring family stresses and pressures. Understanding, patience, and flexibility can make things easier, but that does not always happen. Here is one mom’s story of the guilt a parent of a child with a disability can feel during the holidays.
Categories: Family Support
I struggle with being me. I struggle with putting myself first. When you have kids, you tend to put your kids ahead of yourself. Their needs take priority. Your needs and wants go on the back burner. Sometimes your dreams become a distant memory.
Categories: Family Support
Our kids might look a bit different than yours – but they are still kids. Treat them like you do your own. Here’s some suggestions on how you can do that.
Categories: Family Support
We are all great at following doctor’s orders, making all the needed appointments, filling the medications, doing everything and then some for our kids. When the tables are turned, and we become the patient, things change.
Categories: Family Support
We all know the struggles of getting insurance to cover the standard treatments, but what happens when you chose something not standard? Here I share our adventures with Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) – a very Nonstandard treatment option.
Categories: Diagnosis & Healthcare
Nathan’s family was taken by surprise about the changes that happen as he turned 18. Three areas of Nathan’s life were impacted by his 18th birthday - education, healthcare, and guardianship.
Categories: Transition to Adulthood
Here are some ideas for making the changes that come with the holiday season less stressful for your child.
Categories: Family Support