My Child's Development
My Child's Development
Practical tips and information on ways to maximize the main areas of development for children.
Health & Day Care
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.
My Community
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.
Meet Our Experts
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.
Tools & Resources
Tools & Resources
A library of resources, reference links and easy to print guidelines for you to post on the fridge and share with others!
Love, Laugh & Live
Love, Laugh, & Live
This section is devoted to our amazing moms. It's ok, in fact we encourage you to laugh and develop goals for YOURSELF! Share your secrets of sanity and be encouraged to take time for you!
Growth and Nutrition Articles
Finding Balance: Obesity and Children with Special Needs is a landmark report highlighting the epidemic of obesity in the special needs community and outlining innovative solutions for families, caregivers and professionals. The report is the first to focus exclusively on how the obesity epidemic affects children with special needs while providing innovative solutions.
Four parents give first hand perspectives about the challenges and lessons learned of trying to achieve a healthy weight for their children.
Research has demonstrated conclusively that both adults and children with disabilities are significantly more likely than their peers to be overweight or obese.
Obesity adds an additional layer of difficulty for special needs children,impacting their day-to-day lives as well as their long-term health.
Children with disabilities face the same obesity risks as other children as well as risk factors that are particular to their disability. In this report, Abilitypath.org has identified seven unique obesity risk factors faced by children with disabilities.
The impact of disabilities such as Down syndrome, autism, and cerebral palsy on obesity are discussed.
A child’s weight is impacted by a variety of factors- some close to home and others influenced by public policies made hundreds or thousands of miles away. Just as each sphere of influence can be part of the problem; it can also be part of the solution.
Three programs that provide supportive communities that encourage health and fitness for special needs children and families are highlighted.
Here are a variety of resources for parents and professionals to encourage healthy habits including positive eating and fitness.
The brain does not tell the body to stop growing if the boy or girl’s developmental level is younger than their age
Gabrielle Stephens is a worried mom. “It seems as though everyday there is a product or food that is recalled and I worry about the dangers to my child,” says Stephens
New study released reporting that children with autism with picky diets still have the same average intake of calories and major nutrients as their peers'
Anonymous Tip Leads To The Discovery of toxic chemical cadmium found in McDonald’s Glasses by Congresswoman Jackie Speier (D) California and Results In A Nationwide Recall of over 12 million units
A new study links a common produce pesticide to the country's ADHD epidemic in children
Childhood Peanut Allergies Have More Than Tripled
Ten healthy kid friendly foods with tips on how to get your child to eat them
Ten healthy kid friendly foods with tips on how to get your child to eat them
Cassy Christianson, OT and credentialed feeding and swallowing specialist answers parent’s questions about feeding children with special needs
Watching your children grow is exciting. Sometimes you may not realize how much they have grown when you see them every day
A child’s growth is influenced by many factors, including
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