The CdLS Blog

By CdLS Foundation Clinical Advisory Board (CAB) Do you have any tricks of the trade for keeping glasses on a tactile-defensive four-year-old? *Some kids with CdLS just will not wear glasses. About 50% have a behavior characterized by extreme aversion to facial...

By Mary Anne Ehlert, CdLS Foundation Board Member Dear CdLS Foundation, I'm a mom to a 28-year-old daughter with CdLS. My daughter and I have weathered many storms together. She doesn't communicate well and hits herself so bad that she caused permanent blindness in...

By Abby's Family “Your one best day is Abby’s every day.” That’s often what we tell people about Abby. Abby is the ray of sunshine on a cloudy day and never without a smile or laugh. She knows only joy and happiness, a welcome blessing for all who know her. Abby and...

By Ashley Kus Communications Coordinator After a day of training at the new INspire Cafe in Wakefield, Massachusetts, Janis Mamayek's son Whitman was all smiles. "He was beaming ear to ear," Janis said. "The joy was just abundant." Whitman, who will turn 30 in May,...

by Michelle Diament  DisabilityScoop.com The nation’s largest retailer is piloting a new program aimed at enabling people with disabilities to shop more independently. Walmart is providing free access to visual interpreters at its stores and on its website. The...

By CdLS Foundation Clinical Advisory Board (CAB) *Can certain diets improve behavioral issues? My son's neurochiropractor suggests the use of diet (i.e. eliminate wheat and dairy) to assist in neurological development (including improvements in behavior). Most of his...

By Erica Patino Expert reviewed by Elizabeth Harstad, MD, MPH understood.org *Behavior assessments are different from tests that screen for learning differences. They don’t have right or wrong answers. Instead, they look at how kids interact with their world. These...

By Child Mind Institute understood.org *When children have emotional or behavioral problems, the earlier they get treatment, the easier it is to help them. But as parents, you also want to avoid unnecessary treatment and costs in both time and money. There are times...

Posted By Michele Gianetti parentingspecialneeds.org Happy New Year! And that means it’s resolution time, is it not? Go to any home shopping channel on the new year and you will see it for yourself. Treadmills, healthy home delivery food services, exercise mats…. the...

By Laura Tagliareni, PhD understood.org Many siblings have times when they don’t get along. They may argue, tease, and call each other names. It happens in families with or without a child with learning and thinking differences like dyslexia and ADHD. But when a child...