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My Child's Development
Practical tips and information on ways to maximize the main areas of development for children.
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Health & Daily Care
From mealtimes to vaccines and everything in between, this information will help you establish routines for the day to day needs of your child.
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My Community
Connect to a network of parents and professionals and develop your own support network of peers and advisors.
Establishing Services
Establishing Services
Don't know where to start? Overwhelmed by all the acronyms? Learn how to navigate the system of care and tips on preparing for IEPs.
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Meet Our Experts
Our panel of experts combine medical and therapeutic perspectives with years of experience working passionately alongside famiiles and children with special needs.
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Tools & Resources
A library of resources, reference links and easy to print guidelines for you to post on the fridge and share with others!
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Love, Laugh, & Live
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Bullying Articles
In March 2011, AbilityPath released Walk a Miles in Their Shoes, a groundbreaking report raising awareness that bullying of children with special needs is one of the highest of any other subgroup.
Over the course of several months, AbilityPath.org interviewed experts, educators and parents regarding this escalating issue facing children with special needs. It became apparent that the demographic most vulnerable to bullying also had the fewest resources.
"Everyone makes a big deal about their children being bullied at school and it is a big deal. However, it is always the ‘normal’ children that you hear about."- Mother of an 11-year-old girl with Down syndrome
It sometimes takes a little detective work to find warning signs that your child is a victim of bullying.
Cyberbulling becomes a parent's worst fear when Facebook and YouTube are used to bully children with special needs on the Internet.
“They came in and helped everyone understand why a lot of these kids did the things that they did...All of a sudden, some of the bullies were saying, ‘Oh, OK. the bullying isn’t even fun anymore." - Parent Juliette Wallen
One critical tool available in the classroom is the Individualized Education Program or IEP to help children with disabilities.
Since 2005, the issue of bullying has become so important in the United States that 45 of the 50 states have passed laws against it; but few address bullying of children with special needs.
Parents who have lived through the experiences of their children being bullied are often times the best experts. Their personal experiences, how they chose to manage the situation can be helpful for other parents in similar situations.
Across the nation, entire industries of consultants and businesses have developed with curriculums, workshops and pep talks to combat bullying in schools. Although well-intentioned, a new “war on bullying” will have limited success for the same reason our earlier “wars” have come up short.
Five easy steps you can take to disable bullying.
Here are a variety of resources for parents, teachers and professionals to disable bullying.
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