SEND stands for special educational needs and disabilities. It applies to children and young people who need extra support to ...

Discover essential federal and state benefits for families with disabled children, including SSI, Medicaid, and TANF, to ...

The Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program, administered by the Social Security Administration, offers financial assistance to individuals with limited income and resources. This includes children ...

For two scientist parents in Buffalo, their daughter’s rare FOXG1 syndrome diagnosis led them to groundbreaking research, helping launch a gene therapy now headed to a clinical trial.

This holiday season, North Jersey families looking for children’s books can find a variety of choices that feature disability as part of everyday life. Teaching for Change, a nonprofit that runs the ...

Washington — Soon after Heaven Buchanan celebrated her 10th birthday this year, she was admitted into a Chicago hospital, where she would stay for almost three weeks with severe pain in her arms and ...

Caroline Richter, Ph.D., assistant professor in the University of Alabama at Birmingham’s Department of Psychology, says learning disabilities are common, and there are many ways for parents to ...

Three years ago, Katie Bladergroen was nearly halfway through her first pregnancy when she and her husband, Kyle, learned that the baby she was carrying had spina bifida. Since then, the Bladergroens ...

How grandparents can use Inherited IRA and special needs trust planning to reduce taxes and provide long-term financial ...

A local gymnastics program is working to fill a gap in recreational options for children with disabilities by combining occupational therapy with adaptive and inclusive gymnastics.

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