A recent study of 894 children ranging from 2 to 11 years of age who have Cerebral Palsy supports the use of constraint-induced movement therapy, or CIMT, as an effective short-term intervention for the improvement of upper-limb function. The children participated in a 5-day per week... Read More
September 20, 2014
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September 18, 2014
Alexus “Lex” Lasiter, 7, loves horses and receiving mail. So much so that her mother Wathena Sievert, on a whim, asked Travis Barker, a Florida artist that contributes to an online artifact website, if she could contract him to draw a picture of a horse to cheer her daughter on. Travis not only... Read More
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September 16, 2014
National PLAY-DOH Day is here again. Celebrated annually across the globe since 2006, this yearly event is a perfect excuse to use our imaginations (not to mention our fine motor and sensory skills). The holiday that continues to captivate the imagination and spur creations is not only fun, but... Read More
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September 13, 2014
Are you taking advantage of the Home and Community-Based waiver, or HCBS, initiative? Should you? TASH, an international leader in disability advocacy and inclusive communities, is offering a webinar series to assist interested individuals in understanding the HCBS waiver program. The webinar... Read More
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September 12, 2014
Twenty-one percent of children in the U.S. are not receiving routine developmental screens, and millions are not receiving key clinical preventive services, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report released this week. Not only does... Read More
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September 12, 2014
Coffee lovers will attest, we go to Starbucks because that’s a place where it’s popular to order a coffee to meet our taste bud preference – upside down caramel macchiato grande and hold the whip, please! And, we go to Burger King, primarily because they advocate that we can have it our way,... Read More
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September 10, 2014
The family of a 17-year-old Oakland Unified School District student who happens to have Cerebral Palsy and uses a wheelchair for transportation is seeking justice after their son was allegedly struck several times and was injured when thrown out of his wheelchair by the school security officer... Read More
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September 09, 2014
Go Baby Go! It was a chance trip to Toys R Us where Cole Galloway had an epiphany that refocused his attention from babies driving robotic cars to babies driving racecars, he dubs his new project Go Baby Go! Galloway is a physical therapy professor who is on a mission to provide children with... Read More
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September 08, 2014
The “legendary” Rick Hohn retires. Hohn, 67 with severe Cerebral Palsy, retired as senior consumer representative after 18 years with DynaVox, a large augmentative and alternative communication manufacturer. It was a chance meeting in the mid-1990′s that brought Rick Hohn and Tilden Bennett, the... Read More
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August 28, 2014
Marcus, a ninth-grade student new to the Patriot High School’s Special Education program, was not impressed on his first day of high school when he was told after lunch to put on gloves and an apron to dig through trash, alongside other students with special needs.
“My kid should not be... Read More
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