Blog post explaining assistive technology and the Department of Education’s guidance aiming to increase understanding of AT for students of all ages. Read More
Promising Strategies for Special-Need Students | REL Southwest
Curated research and references responding to the question: What are promising strategies for addressing the academic needs of students with low-incidence special needs in inclusion settings? Read More
Acupuncture
“Part B covers up to 12 acupuncture visits in 90 days for chronic low back pain, with additional sessions if improvement is shown.” Read More
History of the DD Act
Explains the purpose, details, and history of the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act of 2000 Read More
CMS Offers Roadmap for States to Help Connect Children with Complex Medical Conditions to Critical Medicaid Services
Discusses CMS’s new guidance on a Medicaid health home benefit for children with medically complex conditions such as Cerebral Palsy. Read More
Adaptive yoga aimed at those with disability, mobility restrictions
Introduces an article about a new, adaptive yoga aimed at those with disability, mobility restrictions. Read More
Coronavirus Forcing Occupational Therapy to Go Virtual
Introduces an article telling the story of an infant with cerebral palsy to show the importance of telehealth in the midst of the coronavirus. Read More
‘The pandemic has not been very good to me’: People with disabilities feel forgotten
Introduces an article telling the story of a woman with cerebral palsy who felt forgotten during the pandemic. Read More
Craft Beer Pub In Denver Is Run Almost Entirely By People With Disabilities.
Article on a craft pub in Denver run almost entirely by bartenders with disabilities, including cerebral palsy. The bar plays to its workers’ strengths. Read More
Fixing the disability workforce
Article explaining the high turnover rate in the disability workforce and the associated crisis of low wages and high vacancy rates. Read More