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By Lisa Byrom Brown, Customer Care Specialist at AngelSense and Mother of Anthony and Daniel, eight-year-old twins with ASD AngelSense, a GPS & voice monitoring solution designed for children with special needs. Learn more about how AngelSense’s GPS tracking device brings peace of mind to parents and keeps children safe School is out, and even summer school is ending soon. Another safety measure that really helps keep my mind at ease is the AngelSense GPS Tracker that the boys wear whenever we head out. We designed the AngelSense GPS tracking solution to give parents the peace of mind that their child is safe at all times.

While Asperger’s Syndrome is on the autism spectrum, children with the disorder don’t have cognitive or speech difficulties. Children with Asperger’s Syndrome tend to suffer from social anxiety and lack the skills needed in social interactions. Children with Asperger’s Syndrome simply aren’t wired to be social. People with Asperger’s Syndrome tend to struggle with cognitive empathy, but are fine when it comes to emotional empathy.

These military families are forced to juggle stresses related to deployment (every 2 – 4 years on average) with the management of their child’s special needs care and education in each new location. Special Needs Parent Tool Kit , which covers children from birth to age 18, with modules on Tricare benefits (the military’s health care program) and other resources. Military parents of special needs children recently won a victory with The Disabled Military Child Protection Act, signed into law by President Obama in Dec. 2014. This law allows a military parent to provide a survivor benefit for a disabled child by paying it to a special needs trust for that child’s benefit.

There are many benefits to including animals in the life of children with special needs; research shows increased social interactions, empathy, lower blood pressure and heart rates, and lower anxiety. In a previous blog post we discussed the different types of pet therapies, including Animal Assisted Therapy, with either the child visiting therapy animals and having a therapist bring them to the child; Assistance or Service Dog, which is a trained animal living with the child; and a Companion Animal, a pet who is placed or chosen due to their temperament and care needs which compliments a child with special needs. While the benefits of Animal Therapy for children with special needs are so strongly positive, there is also the balancing of what is right for your family. ” ~ George Elliot AngelSense creates a safer world for children with special needs, with a wearable GPS tracking and listening device, a web app and smart analytics.