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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
As a parent, I know all about choosing my battles. But I stand my ground on this one.
Categories: Family Support, Transition to Adulthood
School transitions can be hard for anyone. When you have a child with a disability, they can be even harder.
Categories: Family Support, Transition to Adulthood
Teaching your child to be as independent as possible helps them grow toward their greatest potential. Here are some ways to do it.
Categories: Transition to Adulthood
The Home and Community-Based Services Waiver (HCS) has made a huge difference in the way services can be provided to people with intellectual and physical disabilities. It has improved their lives.
Categories: Transition to Adulthood
Before I had my son, I was a special education teacher. I was one of those teachers who believed that these "special" kids needed to be kept safe. After teaching in a self-contained special education class, my views slowly started to change.
Categories: Family Support, Education & Schools, Transition to Adulthood
Children grow up having dreams—dreams of being a princess or a football player or a doctor or a teacher. They have so many dreams. The world is their oyster. When your child has a disability, those dreams are different.
Categories: Family Support, Transition to Adulthood
I'm very good at getting what is right for my son. Conflict doesn’t scare me a bit.
Categories: Transition to Adulthood
I got to sit on a panel discussion for disability-related issues. In addition to another parent, there were three adults with a variety of disabilities who shared their experience on everything from doctors to their time in college.
Categories: Family Support, Transition to Adulthood
People with disabilities are often told what they can and can't do based on what other people think is right/wrong or safe/unsafe.
Categories: Family Support, Transition to Adulthood
My teenage son has ADHD and wants to get his driver’s license. But I am not sure he's ready.
Categories: Transition to Adulthood