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What Exactly Are Autism And PDD?
Did you know that autism and PDD occur four times more often in boys than girls? Want to learn more? Check out this short but thorough overview from NICHCY.
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A Parents Guide To Doctors, Disabilities, And The Family
By: Renata Bursten, Dragonfly Staff
Finding a skilled and sympathetic doctor for a child who has a disability is both important and challenging. This guide from NICHCY helps parents learn all of the basics. Recommended for medical professionals as well.
This guide offers suggestions on how families with a child who may have a disability and/or special health care needs can find a primary health care provider or pedicatrician. Suggestions are included for those who use private physicians, public health clinics, or Indian Health Services. The document concludes with several lists of questions parents might want to ask--before the doctor sees their child, when scheduling an appointment, when the doctor has seen the child, about general checkups and development, medications, tests, referrals to specialists, surgery, and hospitalization.
Doctors, Disabilities, and the Family
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Language Comprehension with Switch Adapted Boom Boxes
To encourage language comprehension in children with special needs, try recording simple stories on tape and then let the child use his or her switch to independently activate any of the Switch Adapted Boom Boxes or Tape Decks and hear the story told to them in a familiar voice. Vary the stories with lots of music too!