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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
Despite doctors’ recommendations, parents know their child best and must do what is right for their child and family.
Categories: Diagnosis & Healthcare, Family Support
Making the decision to use medication to help manage our child’s disabilities was a complex decision. A hard decision to make. There are advantages and risks. For our son, it has made a huge difference.
Categories: Diagnosis & Healthcare, Family Support
Our doctor sent orders to get some new testing on my son. I called over to the office where the testing would be done, to set up the appointment. Boy, what an ordeal!
Categories: Diagnosis & Healthcare
Medical supplies are a funny thing. Some items we get with ease and they start to pile up. Others seem near impossible to get our hands on. Here are some tips to help make sure that your child has the supplies they need.
Categories: Diagnosis & Healthcare, 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
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
A recent evening in the audience with speaker Dr. Temple Grandin brought insight into her journey toward success.
Categories: Diagnosis & Healthcare, Family Support
High-functioning autism does not mean “easy” or less autistic. One young man struggles to find his way in a world that just doesn’t understand.
Categories: Diagnosis & Healthcare, Family Support
One mom shares the emotions and challenges of having a child with rare, undiagnosed medical issues.
Categories: Diagnosis & Healthcare, Family Support
As parents, we have to know our kids in order to effectively work with doctors. Especially for those of us with children who are nonverbal or cognitively impaired.
Categories: Diagnosis & Healthcare, Family Support