If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to our RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!Around 12% of babies born in the United States are born prematurely, or before 37 weeks of gestation.
Being born early can have some serious consequences for these babies who can face many medical and mental problems. New research [...]
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A new bill in the Virginia General Assembly may help parents with autistic children. House Bill 83 would require insurance providers to cover costs associated with treating autism. The cap for treatments has been set at $36,000 per year.
According to the Autism Society, the cost for medically treating an autistic child could cost [...]
Tags: autism expenses, Autism Society, Finances, Health, insurance, law, medical expenses, therapy, Virginia
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I knew something was not quite right with my second child from the time she was very, very small. One of the things that was striking about her was the way she would not interact with things or people in her environment. In fact, it seemed as if she was in a world [...]
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I think that all parents have instinctively been given an internal warning system that alerts them when something is off with their child. What happens when your radar system alerts you that something major is not right?
When my oldest child was a baby, I had concerns. I just brushed them off (and so [...]
Tags: disablities, Easter Seals, handicaps, health care, therapy
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