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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
Parents must decide when or whether to tell their child about their disability.
Categories: Family Support
Presuming competence means assuming a child with a disability can understand just like anyone else. It means that you don't underestimate the child. Here's why this matters so much.
Categories: Family Support, Education & Schools
Here is one mom’s story about the personal changes she made to become an advocate for their child.
Categories: Family Support
It is personally rewarding to see how much you can help another person through offering your time, energy, and resources.
Categories: Family Support
There is a great resource available on Facebook called “Special Books by Special Kids.”
Categories: Family Support
It can be easier said than done, but focusing on the "cans" and "haves" as opposed to the "cannot" and "don't haves" can make a huge difference in everything you do.
Categories: Family Support
There’s a lot to learn when starting a new job. People with disabilities often need extra support or accommodations to help them succeed.
Categories: Transition to Adulthood
There are some things you expect to deal with when your child has special health care needs, but some things take you by surprise. One thing that took us by surprise was body odor.
Categories: Family Support
I just made the call to the state agencies to get my child’s name on the Medicaid waiver interest lists. I have heard the wait for some of the waivers is 12 years! How do I get help for my child in the meantime?
Categories: Insurance & Financial Help
Help make your children life-long readers by encouraging reading at home.
Categories: Family Support, Education & Schools