Special Needs Directory Spring 2019
Your One-Stop Source for Birmingham’s Kids with Special Needs
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Your One-Stop Source for Birmingham’s Kids with Special Needs
Dental anxiety and the lack of understanding dental care can cause children with disabilities to exhibit resistant behaviors that can interfere with the safe delivery of dental treatment.
Marfan syndrome is a genetic condition that affects the body’s connective tissue, which is what holds the body’s cells, organs, and tissue together and helps the body grow properly.
AIDB: Where Students have Limitless Possibilities
KultureCity partners with Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport to create sensory-friendly space.
Prince of Peace Catholic Parish will be hosting a Mass designed specifically to accommodate individuals with special needs, along with their families, friends and caregivers, this February.
“Actually, (playdates) are a wonderful way to teach all children to be comfortable with one another; that interacting with all kinds of people and situations is normal, and you will be helping your child become a more successful adult.” – Marliese Delgado, United Ability
Service Dogs Alabama (SDA) is the largest and oldest Service Dog training organization in Alabama that trains Service Dogs for children with disabilities.
“When trying to explain my son’s hyperactivity or clumsiness is due to SPD, we get told ‘Oh, it’s just his age,’ but it’s actually because his nervous system doesn’t respond as it should in certain situations.”
My husband and I adopted our daughter when she was nine years old. She has a long list of mental health diagnoses. We quickly discovered that parenting a special needs child results in the whole family having a special set of needs.