It’s Christmas! If you’re wondering what to get your special needs child this Christmas, it may be a lot easier than you think. Here’s our guide to finding the right toys for your child, with appropriate gifts for particular sensory orientations. Including our top suggestions for Christmas 2016.
3rd December was International Day of People with Disabilities, being celebrated around the world both by the disabled community and the able-bodied and minded people alike. With our Paralympians achieving ever greater success at the Rio games earlier this year, it would be tempting to believe that everyone is aware of what challenges still remain for people living with disability and that barriers to living a happy and fulfilled life are no longer so relevant.
What is Rett syndrome and what are the symptoms? We reveal the difficulties children with Rett syndrome face and the treatments available.
Down’s syndrome is a much misunderstood condition. Learn more about how children with Down’s live full, healthy and happy lives.
The 5th of October was World Cerebral Palsy Day, and it is a great opportunity to spread some awareness and reveal some of the resources available to parents with children who have the condition.
The worst thing is the guilt, some say. Many parents of children with special needs dread the six week’s holiday in the summer. The fear of six weeks with little rest and little time to yourself. However, this is one of those moments when it is perfectly normal to worry about having to care for your children, uninterrupted, for the longest time since they were a baby. The addition of the words “special needs” doesn’t in this case make parents special in the dread of the summer holidays.
