{"id":156077,"date":"2017-08-21T12:09:39","date_gmt":"2017-08-21T06:39:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.developmentlogics.org\/article\/every-girl-has-right-experience-puberty-irrespective-special-needs-when-going-gets-tough"},"modified":"2025-06-13T13:13:04","modified_gmt":"2025-06-13T07:43:04","slug":"every-girl-has-right-experience-puberty-irrespective-special-needs-when-going-gets-tough","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newtest.nayi-disha.org\/article\/puberty-adolescence\/every-girl-has-right-experience-puberty-irrespective-special-needs-when-going-gets-tough\/","title":{"rendered":"Challenges with menstruation for a child with special needs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Parents of girls with special needs may be fought with concerns and fears about the hardships associated with her monthly menstrual encounters. Following is a Guide on tips for managing periods for your special child. Read this before you consider any other surgical, alternative measures.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Extreme situations that may warrant considering medical\/surgical considerations in your special child include:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Extreme (sometimes self-inflicting) behaviour changes<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Physical inability to manage menstrual self-care<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cognitive difficulties that make the child completely dependent on the caregiver<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Age and health situation of the primary caregiver who handles menstrual woes<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Socio-economic strata to hire help in difficult situations<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Some of these factors often push parents over the edge to consider an alternate course of action to improve their child\u2019s, and their quality of life.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>When met with such situations, parents must seek advice and consolation by interacting with parents in their support network and get medical advice from an experienced Gynaecologist before opting for permanent or surgical procedures of eliminating menstruation in their girl child.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you have questions about Autism, Down Syndrome, ADHD, or other intellectual disabilities, or have concerns about developmental delays in a child, the Nayi Disha team is here to help. For any questions or queries, please contact our FREE Helpline at <a href=\"https:\/\/api.whatsapp.com\/send\/?phone=918448448996&amp;text&amp;app_absent=0\"><strong>844-844-8996<\/strong><\/a>. You can either call or send us a message on\u00a0 WhatsApp. Our counsellors speak different languages including English, Hindi, Malayalam, Gujarati, Marathi, Telugu, and Bengali.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>DISCLAIMER: Please note that this guide on managing periods for your special child is for information purposes only. Please consult a qualified health practitioner for safe management.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Menstrual blues are very common, and most women undergo this emotional journey in varying degrees. Learn <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/nayi-disha.org\/article\/dealing-menstrual-blues-girl-child-special-needs\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">how you can help your daughter come to terms with it<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. You might also find this article on <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/nayi-disha.org\/article\/occupational-therapy-hacks-menstruation-your-special-girl-child\/?lang=English\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Occupational therapy hacks for Menstruation in children with special needs<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> helpful<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Understanding the need to medically\/surgically intervene when menstruation is too much to handle when your girl child has special needs.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":26475,"featured_media":165642,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3209],"tags":[2418],"conditions":[2694,2699,2696,2802,1156,2703,2698,2695,2702,2700,2704],"age_group":[2739,2738,2737,2736],"article_group":[2751],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newtest.nayi-disha.org\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156077"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newtest.nayi-disha.org\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newtest.nayi-disha.org\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newtest.nayi-disha.org\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/26475"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newtest.nayi-disha.org\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=156077"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/newtest.nayi-disha.org\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156077\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":298706,"href":"https:\/\/newtest.nayi-disha.org\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156077\/revisions\/298706"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newtest.nayi-disha.org\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/165642"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newtest.nayi-disha.org\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=156077"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newtest.nayi-disha.org\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=156077"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newtest.nayi-disha.org\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=156077"},{"taxonomy":"conditions","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newtest.nayi-disha.org\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/conditions?post=156077"},{"taxonomy":"age_group","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newtest.nayi-disha.org\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/age_group?post=156077"},{"taxonomy":"article_group","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newtest.nayi-disha.org\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article_group?post=156077"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}