This section of the website includes articles on physical disabilities and orthopedic issues.
- Why You Need to Get Your Child Standing!
- Second First Steps: A Club Foot Journey
- Non-Surgical Treatments for Spasticity in Cerebral Palsy and Similar Conditions
- When Your Child Realizes He Has Cerebral Palsy: Adjusting to Life
- A Shared Vision: Partnering with Therapists
- Therapeutic Horseback Riding
- ABA Therapy for Kids with Complex Needs
- Massage Therapy for Children with Disabilities
- Scam or Real? 5 Steps to Evaluating Therapies and Therapeutic Remedies
- Keeping Warm for Children with Disabilities
- Options for Air Travel for Children with Severe Physical Disabilities
- Cerebral Palsy 101
- Riding the Waves of a Genetic Muscle Condition
- Living With Ehlers Danlos Syndrome
- Summer Activities For Kids with Motor Challenges Using a PowerLink
- An Accessible Garden
- Swimming and Splashing with Complex Medical Conditions
- Book Review: The Able Life Of Cody Jane: Still Celebrating by Marly Cornell
- Obtaining a Wheelchair or Medical Stroller
- Attaching Medical Equipment to Wheelchairs and Strollers
- Shopping for Wheels: From Trepidation to Acceptance
- Our Life with Wheels: The Freedom of Mobility
- Wheelchair Poetry: Reactions to Children in Wheelchairs
- Book Review: Caring for Children Who Have Severe Neurological Impairment: A Life with Grace by Julie M. Hauer, MD
- To Brace or Not to Brace? Bracing for Neuromuscular Conditions
- Our Journey with Neuromuscular Scoliosis
- Osteoporosis and Osteopenia: Not Just for Grandparents
- AFO Tips
- Tackling Negative Behaviors in Children Who are Non-Verbal and Non-Mobile
- Ballet is for Everyone
- All About Standers
- How to Bathe Your Kid with Medical Issues
- How to Make a Floor Mat for a Child Who Loves to Kick and Stretch Out
- Reviews: Tumble Forms Feeder Seat and Full Support Outdoor Swing
- Car Seats for Children with Special Needs
- Accessing Augmentative Communication for Children with Severe Physical or Multiple Disabilities
Articles from the Archives
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- Fundoplication in Children with Neurological Impairments
- Noisy Breathing: Stridor in Children with Low Trunk Tone
- Early Signs of Puberty in Very Young Children with Cerebral Palsy and Similar Conditions
- Improving Attitudes of Medical Professionals Toward Children with Neurological Impairments
- How to Evaluate and Choose Therapies
- Vaccinating Children with Neurological, Metabolic, and Neuromuscular Issues: A Call for Research
- Trunk Support Options for Children with Low Trunk Tone
- Exchanging Special Needs Equipment and Supplies
- Assessing Vision in Children who are Non-Verbal or have Multiple Disabilities
- Achieving Independent Mobility Regardless of Disability
- Early Intervention: Maximizing Your Baby’s Development
- Being a Teenager with Cerebral Palsy
- Sharmiki’s Story (cerebral palsy)
- Lekotek and Other Toy-Lending Programs for Children with Special Needs
- Introducing Switches and Augmentative Communication Devices to Very Young Children
- Adapting Your World for Play
- How to Get a Communication Device for Your Child
- The Thorny Issue of “Undiagnosed”
- The Importance of Introducing Tastes
- Umbilical Cord Blood Treatments for Children with Cerebral Palsy
- When the Mouth Won’t Work
- Trystyn’s Story (brain injury)
- Holiday Craft Ideas for Your Child with Fine Motor Impairment
- Coping with Neurological Impairment
- Neurodevelopmental Treatment
- Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy: What Is It and Will It Work?
- Aquatic Therapy: Not Just a Day at the Pool
- Using Technology to Alleviate Boredom—Educationally!
- Choosing Clothing for Children with Special Needs
- Inexpensive and Easily Available Toys That Work for Children with Special Needs
- Special Recreation is About Fun! Thoughts from an Adapted Recreation Coordinator
- Playgrounds for All
- From the Heart! Maggie’s Experience with Rett Syndrome
- The Wheelchair Runaround: Oh, the Bitter Irony
- Trunk Support Options for Children with Low Trunk Tone
- Should Children with Severe Neurological Issues Be on Monitors During Sleep?
- Autonomic Dysreflexia