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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
Everyone needs a connection to other people. For our loved ones with disabilities, it’s especially important. Creating those connections takes some effort, but it is so worth it.
Categories: Family Support, Transition to Adulthood
I thought I had it all figured out. I have emergency plans in place for my son who is medically complex. A car breakdown showed me that I hadn’t thought of everything.
Categories: Family Support
Autism can be scary, but it’s nothing like seizures.
Categories: Diagnosis & Health Care, Family Support
A superhero has to have his cape, even at dinner, while eating enchiladas.
Categories: Family Support
Our son just turned twelve. Twelve is a huge number, in my mind. It seems so much older than eleven. I see him differently, yet he’s the same great kid with the same challenges we have always faced with him.
Categories: Transition to Adulthood
When you have a child with a disability, you may have some expenses throughout the year that qualify for a deduction or credit on your tax return. Don’t wait until April to understand what’s required to support these claims.
Categories: Insurance & Financial Help
As technology advances, it brings exciting possibilities and challenges.
Categories: Family Support
As the parent of a child with mild Cerebral Palsy, I learned that the word “hurry” doesn’t apply to my son, Jason. With motor planning difficulties, hurrying just wasn’t something he could do. I learned to adapt and accommodate our schedule to allow extra time. However, when I found myself in the situation of caring for elderly parents & parents-in-law, and our son, I struggled to find the patience I once had with Jason.
Categories: Family Support
Critical thinking and problem-solving skills go beyond academics. Everyday life provides opportunities to apply these skills. During my son’s educational career, a lack of critical thinking and problem-solving skills was often noted in his Individualized Education Plan paperwork. While he may struggle with these skills academically, he solves problems all the time in his daily life.
Categories: Education & Schools, Transition to Adulthood
Leaders in disability rights changed the world for the rest of us.
Categories: Family Support