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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
Sometimes when you are out of the house with a child who has a disability, you may feel like you are packing for a weeklong trip when you are really only going to be out for the afternoon. Here are some tips to make outings a little easier.
Categories: Family Support
There are a lot of very entertaining medical movies and TV shows. A lot of them use words and equipment that make you think that it is accurate. While some things may be exact, not everything you see is correct.
Categories: Family Support
Regardless of where you are in your journey with a child who has medical needs, you will come across challenges. And you will meet people who will forever change the way you see the world. You may even be one of those people to another parent.
Categories: Family Support
If your child is in any type of therapy, you hear many suggestions on therapy tools. But most are not covered by insurance. Here are some budget-friendly, easy-to-do, do-it-yourself therapy tool ideas to help you save money.
Categories: Family Support
Hopefully, you are receiving services or on the interest lists for one of the many Medicaid Waiver programs. Have you heard of HIPP? This is a great program that a lot of people don’t know about.
Categories: Insurance & Financial Help
After having a child with medical needs, many parents are no longer able to continue working outside of the house. We still want to help with the household income, or do something to improve ourselves, but how can we do this while still making sure that our child is getting the care and attention they need?
Categories: Family Support
One mother explains her experience with this unique medical product.
Categories: Diagnosis & Healthcare, Family Support
As a parent to a child with a disability, someone will eventually share the poem "Welcome to Holland" with you. The first time you read it, you may LOVE it. However, over time, people have a variety of emotions. How do you feel about this poem?
Categories: Family Support
If you have lost a child or anyone close to you, you know the significance of the date of death. This is an important, life-changing date. But what does it really mean?
Categories: Family Support
As a parent to a child with a disability, we often must learn little tricks to get things done. Each month one parent shares some of the tips and tricks she has learned along the way.
Categories: Diagnosis & Healthcare, Family Support