This presentation from the 2023 AACPDM Community Forum presents and overview of the interactions between the types of Cerebral Palsy, Mental and Behavioral Health and various medications and strategies to treat challenging mental health disturbances.
Accessible Yoga Practices is a great weekly newsletter and downloadable yoga guide for those with disabilities and caregivers interested in practicing yoga, on your own terms.
Creating opportunities that enable play in order to combat social isolation, foster inclusive communities, and improve the quality of life for people with disabilities.
Our mission is to empower people with disabilities to live their best life! We do this by showcasing adaptive products.
Cephable is a free software for individuals that adapts to the user, enabling technology control through voice, face, and motion for a more accessible digital experience.
The Research Works podcast is designed for health professionals in the area of child health, where we discuss emerging, modern, evidence based research.
Parálisis Cerebral Respuestas (Cerebral Palsy Answers) is a podcast in Spanish, that seeks to answer all your questions about Cerebral Palsy! Join me every week for in-depth interviews with top specialists in Cerebral Palsy and individuals living with Cerebral Palsy to get the answers!
The Accessible Stall is a disability podcast hosted by Kyle Khachadurian and Emily Ladau that keeps it real about issues within the disability community. Because we each have different disabilities and mobility levels, we approach everything we talk about with two unique viewpoints, offering our listeners a fresh insight into how differences in disability can color your experiences and perspectives. And we never shy away from offering our honest opinion. Even if they go against the grain of the disability community at large, we always speak our minds.
This presentation from the 2023 AACPDM Community Forum presents a model for creating a smooth transition from pediatric care to adult care for teens and young adults with cerebral palsy.
This presentation from the 2023 AACPDM Community Forum presents and overview and a model creating opportunities for employment for individuals with disabilities.
Frame Running is a growing sport and now there is now a central hub for frame running information across the United States and Canada!
Dr. Nathan Rosenberg discusses the importance of community participation as a big part of raising an individual with CP.
Founded by Susan Banks and Courtney Craven, Can I Play that? (CIPT) has grown from a hobby site to a destination for gamers and developers alike that provides all forms of accessibility information on video games and the industry.
People with disabilities represent more than 27% of the United States adult population, making them the single largest minority group in the country. This new NIH designation, new research program and update to NIH mission are actions to ensure inclusion of people with disabilities.
If you or your child have cerebral palsy where the cause is unclear, there are no-cost genetic tests and no-cost genetic counseling that can help answer some of these questions.
The 2023 Health Summit will share new pathways for translating knowledge into practice for the Implementation of early detection and intervention for cerebral palsy from the best researchers and clinicians in the field.
Dr. Nathalie Maitre discusses the CPF Early Detection and Intervention Network and helps us to understand how babies learn, how CP impacts the developing brain, and early intervention strategies that can help.
The bipartisan, Cerebral Palsy Research Act, is introduced by Congressman Steve Cohen of Tennessee. Read more here:
The 2023 Appropriations Act has passed and thanks to advocacy by the cerebral palsy community, it includes the strongest language and funding yet for cerebral palsy!
Dr. Bhooma Aravamuthan presents Understanding Dystonia: Diagnosis and Treatment at the 2020 AACPDM Community Forum. Moderated by Council Chair, Jen Lyman.
Medicaid Waivers, Katie Beckett or TEFRA are all forms of benefits that an "waive" medicaid financial restrictions for parents of children who have a developmental disability acquired prior to the age of three. Kidswaivers.org has provided a comprehensive, interactive website of all available medicaid waiver programs by State across the US.
NCART Standing Device Funding Guide contains all the information needed to choose, measure, and write a letter of medical necessity for a standing device.
This IEP Checklist should provide helpful support when preparing for, setting goals, maintaining communication and achieving student success!
Standing devices and standing wheelchair devices are frequently prescribed and often denied equipment options for individuals with cerebral palsy. The attached paper provides evidence and guidance to help appeal to insurers for this equipment.
The National Institute of Neurological Disorders (NINDS) and the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) are hosting a national cerebral palsy research workshop that will help develop the next US strategic plan for cerebral palsy research, to be held virtually on August 17 and 18.