Many individuals with a disability require services like occupational, speech, or physical therapy as part of an ongoing treatment plan. Insurance companies are often required to cover these services; however it was not always clear how those services should be treated with respect to co-pays. Is therapy grouped with primary care or as a specialty? [...]
It’s been a whirlwind month of Autism Awareness. The media and blogosphere released story after story and post after post. If you still haven’t heard about autism then you must be an ostrich! To recap Autism Awareness Month we went through a whole months worth of blog posts and stories and bring you 52 of [...]
The United Nations has designated April 2, 2012 as the fifth annual World Autism Awareness Day. Most people in the U.S. know someone with autism – a friend, neighbor, classmate or relative – because one in 88 American children (one in 54 American boys) is on the autism spectrum, according to the Centers for Disease [...]
The United States Presidential Election is 266 days away and currently all the focus is on the Republican candidates for president. Aside from all the mud slinging their have been a number of issues discussed: Health care, unemployment, the economy, immigration and the usual election year issues. Funding for the Special Needs Community One issue that [...]
It’s Super Sunday and if you are not watching the big game (or the commercials) you are probably getting a few odd looks. Well, when it comes to families with special needs it is not always easy to spend 4-5 hours in front of the big screen. Over-stimulation, lack of interest and fatigue are just [...]
Every week, we select the week’s big special needs news stories. This week there are a number of stories about ADHD, The Autism DSM-5 Debate and 10 more special needs news stories. Check them out below. [View the story "Faking ADHD, Focusing at Work, Autism – DSM 5 Debate and more special needs news" on [...]
A panel of experts from the American Psychiatric Association are re-evaluating the definition of autism currently published in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. As reported in the New York Times the idea of redefining autism has many people concerned. Many parents are concerned that the new definition of autism will not include their child. If [...]
Every week, we select the week’s big special needs news stories and blog posts. This week, we feature 14 news stories, eight blog posts, and this week’s posts from the Friendship Circle blog. In The News Oklahoma Blind Fencer Hits Mark With Documentary When Catherine Bolton began to lose her sight, she never dreamed she [...]
Every week, we select the week’s big special needs news stories and blog posts. This week, we feature nine news stories, four blog posts, and this week’s posts from the Friendship Circle blog. [<a href="http://storify.com/fcmichigan/special-needs-news" target="_blank">View the story "Autism Friendly Hotels, Denied Transplants & more news and blog posts" on Storify</a>]
For true Hockey fans 24/7 on HBO is must see TV. For the second straight year HBO ran a four part reality show that tells the story of hockey life in between games. This year the spotlight shines on the New York rangers and the Philadelphia Flyers as they prepare for the Winter Classic, the [...]
