Fund through private school provider helps special-needs kids' families
Three-year-old Ayden Laughman needs intensive speech therapy, about three to five sessions a week, to treat a neurological disorder that affects his ability to speak properly.
Ayden was diagnosed at 18 months old with apraxia. Basically, said his mother, Dana Laughman, his brain knows what he wants to say but can’t coordinate the muscles in his lips and tongue to say it.
Co-pays for his therapy sessions — which can be about a quarter of the cost of the session — add up.
“It can be more than a car payment a month,” said Laughman, of Penn Township. “Financially, it can add a strain to what your budget is.”
via Fund through private school provider helps special-needs kids’ families – The York Daily Record.
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Julia Roberts
Julia Roberts is founder of Support for Special Needs and has been a regular contributor since its inception in May 2010. A mom to two kids with special needs, she didn't want other parents to feel what is the often isolating world of raising a child (or two!) with disabilities. Her kids had kidney transplants at the age of eight and will need liver transplants in the future as a result of ARPKD/CHF. They both have vision disorders and learning disabilities.