Life Hacks for Special Needs Parents
Season 1 Episode 3
Meg & Angie share their special needs lifehacks
- Surviving medical & blood work appts
- Navigating insurance issues
- Money-saving ideas
- Making mealtime & grocery shopping easier
- Organizing & homes for things
- Taking meds
- Preparing for new things
- Elopement & wandering
- Obtaining medical equipment & fencing
- Technology to keep children safe
- Potty challenges
- And much more!
Tune in and check out our show notes!
Comfort Hold
Different holds for supporting a child during a pediatric procedure
Google Calendar for medical tracking
Each child has a separate calendar, but you could create calendars based on whatever you want to track.
https://lifehacker.com/track-medical-conditions-with-google-calendar-168218
TOILET TRAINING
The best videos ever - https://www.actcommunity.ca/education/videos/toilet-training-for-everyone?fbclid=IwAR1dIvCp_0fFIcADBbp-FZ7OH2BLZT11HfT6PJonayIVRKcieUvYzMI58gc
ACCESSIBLE PARKING
Link for guidelines per state - https://autismawareness.com/parking-permits-for-autism/
WANDERING/ELOPEMENT
Door sensor by Smart Things
https://www.smartthings.com/products/-/filter/categories/sensors
Fencing - Apply for grants
https://www.modestneeds.org/index.asp
Locator - JioBit - Real-Time GPA tracker - https://www.modestneeds.org/index.asp
Project Lifesaver - https://projectlifesaver.org/
DIY Swing
Borrow option from Equipment Connection - https://www.equipforchildren.org/
FOOD
Prepdish - fits special diets - https://prepdish.com/
VIDEO SOCIAL STORIES
https://www.lcsc.org/cms/lib6/mn01001004/centricity/domain/21/socialstories.pdf
PICTURE DAY
Download a YouTube video to your phone
https://www.engadget.com/2014/05/28/how-to-download-youtube-videos-to-your-iphone/