September 27, 2022
4:45 pm
The Center for Disease Control (CDC) states the following: Intellectual disability is a term used when there are limits to a person’s ability to learn at an expected level and function in daily life. Levels of intellectual disability vary greatly in children. Children with intellectual disability might have a hard time letting others know their wants and needs, and taking care of themselves. Intellectual disability could cause a child to learn and develop more slowly than other children of the same age. It could take longer for a child with intellectual disability to learn to speak, walk, dress, or eat without help, and they could have trouble learning in school.
Intellectual disability can be caused by a problem that starts any time before a child turns 18 years old – even before birth. It can be caused by injury, disease, or a problem in the brain. For many children, the cause of their intellectual disability is not known. Some of the most common known causes of intellectual disability – like Down syndrome, fetal alcohol syndrome, fragile X syndrome, genetic conditions, birth defects, and infections – happen before birth. Others happen while a baby is being born or soon after birth. Still other causes of intellectual disability do not occur until a child is older; these might include serious head injury, stroke, or certain infections.
For more information, visit: Facts About Intellectual Disabilities
June 24, 2022
11:04 am
The Next Street Driver Rehab Services – serving CT, MA and RI
Our Driver Rehabilitation Services offer a certified professional to assess your ability to drive. Based on our assessment findings, we develop a training plan to get you the equipment and license you need to drive on.
- We help new drivers with medical challenges get their license
- We help experienced drivers that go through a significant medical change learn to drive with their new conditions
- We fit and prescribe adaptive driving equipment
- We train people how to drive with adaptive equipment
- We are an Adaptive Driving School that can work with all adaptive driving equipment needs.
- We provide the elderly and aging driving lessons and evaluations to understand their changing driving behaviors.
- We offer Medical Driving Evaluations with a Certified Driving Rehab Specialist
- We offer Driving Lessons with a Certified Driving Rehab Specialist or a Licensed Driving Instructor.
- We are proud to serve clients in Connecticut, Massachusetts and Rhode Island with our driving rehab services and our adaptive driving program.
For more information, click HERE.
May 27, 2022
10:56 am
For a list of Rhode Island Summer Camps, please visit the RI Medical Home Portal for RI Special Needs Camps HERE.
March 26, 2019
11:32 am
Social Security is with you throughout life’s journey, touching the lives of nearly every American, often during times of personal hardship, transition, and uncertainty. Social Security programs serve as vital financial protection for working men and women, children, the disabled, and the elderly. Learn more about The Faces and Facts of Disability.
https://www.ssa.gov/disabilityfacts/
January 8, 2019
3:14 pm
Social Security pays disability benefits to people who can’t work because they have a medical condition that’s expected to last at least one year or result in death. Find out if you qualify and how Social Security can help you.
https://www.ssa.gov/benefits/disability/
September 4, 2018
3:46 pm
You made a written request for a special education evaluation of your child, but the school denied it. Can the school really say no to your request? And what reasons must the school have? Learn below about why your child’s school can deny your evaluation request.
For more information: When Schools Deny Your Evaluation Request
December 13, 2017
4:17 pm
The mission of ORS is to support individuals with disabilities obtain, maintain and retain employment. Originally established to help returning veterans find meaningful work, ORS has assigned counselors to every Rhode Island high school to connect students with disabilities to Pre- Employment Transition Services (PRE-ETS) and training opportunities for adults with disabilities that struggle with finding and keeping employment.
For more information, please visit: http://www.ors.ri.gov/
