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Your Child with Special Needs at School: Know Your Rights
One of the most difficult situations for you as a parent with a child who has a disability is ensuring that he or she gets the education to which they are entitled. This means that children with special needs have rights that allow them to receive distinct
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The Best Way to Manage Your Stress as a Parent of a Child with Autism
As a parent, your children stole your heart the very moment they were born. That’s the thing about parenthood. We’re naturally programmed to care of our kids no matter what, and an autism diagnosis doesn’t change that. However, the initial sting of an
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How to Help Your Child with Special Needs Start School
It’s coming up! Getting ready for the first day of school is filled with excitement, and also a bit of anxiety. Kids pick out first-day-of-school outfits. Parents buy classroom supplies, backpacks and lunchboxes. Most families enjoy the preparation. But if
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What to Do When Siblings of Children with Special Needs Act Out
A majority of families with children with disabilities will say that the bulk of their concentration and time is dedicated on their child with special needs. If your family is facing this, you are not alone. As a parent, you often feel torn into pieces all
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Summer Camps in Southern California for Kids with Special Needs
Summer camp! It conjures up memories of making new friends and enjoying new experiences. Children with special needs can also have fun during the summer and participate in all the great elements that camp has to offer at places equipped with adaptive
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Single Mom Raising a Child with Autism: How to Get Financial Help
Raising a child with Autism who requires constant supervision is difficult even in the best of times. And if you are a single mother who is struggling financially, it can seem even more daunting. You have to work and pay the bills, but your child needs
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4 Great Blogs You Should Read as a Parent of a Child with Special Needs
Sometimes parents of children with special needs face the challenge of feeling like you're the only one out there. Alone. It’s tough on those days, even if you have friends and family who support you. Unless they have children with disabilities too, it’s
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Parents of Disabled Children: How to Find a Supportive Community
As parents, we know how many responsibilities you have and how your day goes from morning to bedtime with getting the kids to school on time, coordinating their soccer games and singing lessons, trying to get them to eat broccoli for dinner, and making sure
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