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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
Brushing your child’s teeth from an early age can keep them healthy and their teeth strong. Children with disabilities often need extra help with oral hygiene.
Categories: Diagnosis & Health Care
Healthcare decisions should be based on the needs of patients, not their age. Pediatric patients are treated based on their size. The right dose of medicine is determined using their height and weight. Equipment is sized for their safety and comfort.
Categories: Diagnosis & Health Care
Autism can be scary, but it’s nothing like seizures.
Categories: Diagnosis & Health Care, Family Support
“What’s wrong with your child?” are the hardest words to hear. Finding a diagnosis for your child is one step in the right direction. Navigating the various challenges your child will face can be overwhelming. Keep showing up and facing the challenges.
Categories: Diagnosis & Health Care, Family Support
A new doctor means lots of questions to answer and ask. Here are some suggestions to help you prepare.
Categories: Diagnosis & Health Care
What is genetic testing? Genetic testing can help doctors look for changes in genes that may cause disabilities, rare diseases and undiagnosed conditions.
Categories: Diagnosis & Health Care
In our family, graduating from ABA Therapy after seven years is an even bigger milestone than graduating from high school.
Categories: Diagnosis & Health Care
When it comes to your child and their medical needs, there is no such thing as a dumb question. Here’s how I think about asking questions in medical settings as a parent of a child with a disability and a nurse.
Categories: Diagnosis & Health Care
We forget how the medical world has changed with COVID.
Categories: Diagnosis & Health Care