Disabilty
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August 2025 Disability Awareness Information
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Please see the awareness opportunities for the special needs community throughout August 2025. Parents are urged to contact their local office for information on events and programs. Children’s Eye Health and Safety Month Spinal Muscular Atrophy
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Why Neurofibromatosis Is Still Not About the Tumors
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Today, May 17 is Neurofibromatosis Awareness Day. Not a day to celebrate, but a day to communicate. A day to declare the horrible, ugly symptoms of a disease that makes people prisoners in their own home. A disease that turns heads while the sufferers must hear the vile insults shouted from across the room. There,…
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Does Your Child Have Special Needs or a Disability?
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Originally published March 2016 Updated April 2024 If you refer to your child as having “special needs” instead of having a “disability” you would not be alone. Many schools refer to some classrooms as “special education” not “disability education.” So, it is only natural that parents would follow suit. Below you will read about an…
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Special Education Due Process Petitions and Why Parents Should Think Twice Before Filing a Claim
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Dealing with COVID-19 has become a way of life, and so has the daily rigors of education whether it was happening at school or at home. The horror continues as parents and educators frantically try to recoup academic and social learning and awareness. Many families found themselves in heated battles with teachers and administration over…
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“Spon’t” Forget to Check the Tech
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Has your child been propped up on a computer at school all day…then at home all night? We get it–there are lots of online learning tools at school, but at home we just want to relax. Keep in mind that exceptional children need daily personal attention at home. Sometimes this is hard to do because…