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August 13, 2026 Are your child’s health, safety, and AAC supports ready for school?

For families of kids with disabilities, back-to-school season comes with its own checklist — AAC devices ready, safety plans in place, the whole team up to speed on health and sensory needs, teachers on board with IEPs…and the list goes on. No matter where you’re starting from, we’ve got what you need to help your …
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May 7, 2026 Worried about your child’s mental health?

May is Mental Health Awareness Month, and if there’s one thing many parents know, it’s this: supporting our kids’ mental and emotional health can feel complicated — especially when your child has a disability. Is this a tough day? A tough season? Or something bigger? When your child processes, communicates, or expresses emotions differently, it …
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August 1, 2024 Is your child anxious about heading back to school?

With summer slowly coming to an end (yes, we can hardly believe it too!), we’re preparing for our kids’ first day, week, and month of school — and not just academically. The slow journey of getting back to school is often filled with a whole bag of feelings for our kids, who, beyond the typical …
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July 3, 2024 Sensory-friendly summertime guide!

Summer is here, and one question on our minds: how do we create a sensory-friendly and fun summer for our kids with sensory issues? While many kids look forward to summer-related activities, such as playing with sand on the beach, parties with friends and family, and even the Fourth of July fireworks, for many of …
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January 11, 2024 Your Most Underrated To-Do? YOU!

New year, new never-ending list of ambitious resolutions, commitments, and to-do’s? While a new year symbolizes new beginnings and changes, the one thing we tend to forget to add to our priority list? Ourselves! Parents, we may have 99 problems, but taking care of ourselves should not be one. While we would love to run …
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May 25, 2023 Supporting our kids’ mental health through crisis and every day

When a child is struggling with their mental or emotional health, it can be hard — and sometimes utterly terrifying — for parents to know how to help (and with added complications when they also have a developmental disability). How do we tell the difference between a crisis situation and emotions that are a normal …
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