Families Brace For Potential Medicaid Cuts
by Emily Woodruff, The Advocate/TNS | March 4, 2025 "NEW ORLEANS, La. — The diagnoses for Hailey Bowen’s 12-year-old son came one after another. First, it was severe ADHD. Then autism. Oppositional defiant disorder, marked by persistent defiance and hostility, came...
What Social Security Shake-Up Could Mean For People With Disabilities
by Michelle Diament "The Trump administration is planning to slash jobs and make major changes at the federal agency responsible for administering Social Security and Supplemental Security Income benefits to millions of Americans with disabilities. The Social Security...
MAHA Commission Draws Swift Criticism, Condemnation
By Anni Layne Rodgers "The Make America Healthy Again Commission created by executive order last week and chaired by new Health and Human Services Director Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., has drawn immediate rebukes from medical and advocacy groups as well as ADDitude...
Spravato Approved for Treatment-Resistant Depression
:Spravato, the esketamine nasal spray, was approved by the FDA for treatment-resistant depression as a monotherapy with no oral antidepressants required." By Nicole C. Kear Verified Updated on February 24, 2025 "Spravato, the esketamine nasal spray approved in 2019...
ADHD’s Vanishing (and Reappearing) Act
"ADHD symptoms seem to disappear, return, worsen, and improve over the lifetime for many people. Here, an expert explains the influences thought to contribute to these fluctuations." By Maggie Sibley, Ph.D. Verified Updated on April 14, 2025 "In the fall of 2023, U.S....
New Study: Cognitive Aerobic Exercise Boosts Working Memory
By Evelyn Driscoll Verified Updated on February 27, 2025 "Cognitive aerobic exercise and ball sports improve working memory in children with ADHD and executive function deficits, according to a recent meta-analysis." "Cognitive-aerobic exercise improves working memory...
Those Who Got Shingles Vaccine Were 20% Less Likely to Get Dementia in Study of 280,000 Seniors
By Good News Network 4/5/25 "Older people who received the vaccine for shingles had a 20% lower risk of dementia, according to researchers who called the results “remarkable”. The study looked into the health records of seniors in Wales and revealed that those who...
What does NAEP show for special education students?
"Average scores for students with disabilities held steady or declined, though data shows some progress at the state and local level." Kara Arundel' "Math and reading scores declined or held steady for special education students on the 2024 National Assessment of...
5 ways dyslexia can affect kids socially
"Dyslexia makes reading and spelling difficult. But you may not realize that it can also make it hard for some kids to interact and socialize. There are a few reasons for that. First, trouble with language skills can get in the way of communication. (Dyslexia is an...
17 States Sue To End Protections For Students With Special Needs
By Peter Greene, The Rehabilitation Act of 1973 was signed into law by President Richard Nixon in September of 1973. Section 504 of that act codified the civil rights of persons with disabilities. “No otherwise qualified individual” can be, simply because of their...