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Coping Strategies for Parents Who Have Children with Disabilities
The only thing more devastating than enduring a disease or disabling condition is when it happens to a loved one, especially your child. For me, growing up while going blind might have been an altogether different experience, and I may have become someone very different than who I am, if it were not for all the things my parents did to give me a full life. As a blind adult, I consider myself among the most fortunate of daughters. A disability does not have to be a barrier to your child’s sense of self-esteem or her ability to live her fullest life. You may be grappling with feelings of guilt, anger and frustration, unsure where to turn. Below are a few coping strategies that may help you to find strength and the support you need.
Educate yourself. Learn everything you can about the disease or disability. Learn the vocabulary necessary to effectively communicate your child’s needs. Remember, knowledge is power, and if nothing else, you’ll be able to quickly ascertain the depth of education or experience a professional may or may not have with respect to your particular set of circumstances.
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6 Things That Special Education Personnel Can Do to Decrease Restraint and Seclusion in Their School
Are you the parent of a child with autism or another disability that is very concerned about your child’s safety at school, due to negative behavior? Has your child been physically or emotionally injured by restraint and seclusion, by special education personnel? This article will discuss 6 ways that school districts can deal with behavior rather than relying on restraint and seclusion!
Restraint is defined as any manual method, physical, material, equipment that immobilizes or reduces the ability of an individual. In school districts they mainly use holding techniques. Prone restraints (where the child is held face down) are the most dangerous and cause the most incidence of injury and death!
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Yes You Have A Disability, But Finding A Date Should Not Be A Problem
There are a lot of people in this world who are differently abled. There are a lot of people in this world who have invisible disabilities and looking at them one would be very surprised to know this. For such people dating with their disability can get a little difficult. But there is a way around this now!
A sad but true fact is that today visibly disabled people are the fairly stigmatized and this includes obese people. These very same people probably have skills that are superior because of their disability. But they get discriminated against despite this talent. For people afflicted with invisible disabilities, things can get more complicated.
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