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7 Tips for Getting Your Child with Special Needs Ready for Overnight Camp
It’s summer and your kids are excited and one thing that has them super pumped is overnight camp. I was a camper myself and I still think back to my days at camp. I don’t think any single experience...
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How 6 Airlines’ Accommodation Policies for Individuals with Special Needs...
Everybody has their “preferred airline”, but when traveling with a child with special needs, it can seem a daunting task. When booking air travel, one should keep in mind their child’s disability and...
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5 Activities Targeting Concepts of Learning Emotional Cues
Children and adults with varying developmental disabilities and/or social cognitive delays may have difficulty interpreting social and emotional cues. This reduced ability to interpret cues can...
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Double Diagnosis: What it is like having Autism and having a Sibling with Autism
This is a photo of my brothers and I from Thanksgiving 2014. Gabriel, in the middle, and I both have autism. Noah, on the left, does not. I was diagnosed in October 2004, at the age of eight. Gabriel,...
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National Coloring Book Day: 7 Coloring Must-Haves for Kids with Special Needs
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10 Great Books if You Have a Sibling with Special Needs
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Why I Am Making Free Inclusive Coloring Pages
“Where are the pictures that look like me?” Free Inclusive Coloring Pages My son, Chris, was a great kid. He was funny, happy, imaginative and friendly. He was and is my inspiration. He also lived with...
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5 Tips to Prepare Your Autistic Child for the School Year
5 Tips to Prepare Your Autistic Child for the School Year It is almost that time of the year where the kids are heading back to school. Back to school is so much more than just the simple thought of...
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10 Tips for Taking Children with Special Needs to the Theater
Taking your child to the theater can be a great experience. Exposure to the arts has been proven to improve cultural awareness and language development in children. Not only that, but it can be a great...
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10 Lessons that Crossover from the Workplace to Raising a Child with Special...
One of my mentors early in my real estate career used to say “we don’t take ourselves seriously, but we take our business very seriously”. I really liked that – I felt it represents how I feel about...
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Five Things To Discuss with Your Child’s New Teacher
It’s Back to School Season. Families everywhere are shopping for school supplies, relishing the last lazy days of summer, and gearing up for the first few days of school. That transition back to...
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4 Tips for Making Breakfast BETTER for Children with Special Needs
It’s back to school time and let’s face it: Mornings are hectic, especially for parents of children with special needs. A healthy balanced breakfast may go by the wayside and we rely on quick,...
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10 Awesome Sensory Bins to Create this Summer
It’s widely-known that sensory play is an important aspect of child development. “As children explore sensory materials, they develop their sense of touch, which lays the foundation for learning...
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Embracing the Spectrum: Recognizing Individual Narratives
Embracing the Spectrum: Recognizing Individual Narratives Autism first hit the world of psychology in 1938 when Hans Asperger presented his ideas on psychological behavioral disorders in children to...
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10 Great Articles to Read Before Potty Training Your Child with Special Needs
Potty training can be extremely difficult for a child, especially a child with special needs. As parents it is sometimes difficult to find that balance between knowing when to look for signs of...
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5 Excellent Storytelling Apps for Kids with Special Needs
Are you looking for motivating ways to help develop your child’s narrative skills? Helping to facilitate narrative development can foster improvement of language skills such as recalling information,...
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My Two Birthrights: Israel and Asperger’s (and Travel Tips)
Making pilgrimage to Israel is an important part of the education and fostering of Jewish identity of Jews in the Diaspora. Since 1999, Birthright Israel, a partnership between American entrepreneurs...
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6 Tips to Prepare Your Child with Autism for a Trip to the Dentist
Preparing for a dental visit can entail some strategic planning for parents of kids with autism. Although it may never be a trip that is smooth sailing for children with autism or any special needs,...
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10 Great DIY Weighted Blanket Tutorials
For kids with high energy levels or sensory processing issues, a weighted blanket can mean the difference between a poor night’s sleep and having your child soothed into a great night’s sleep. Many...
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6 Questions to Determine if Online Schooling is Right for Your Family
With online schools becoming a viable option for families as of late it leads many to wonder if it is a good fit for their child with a disability. In my almost 5 years working at a large online school...
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