News tagged with developmental disability
OrbiTouch keyboard: Removing the barriers of autism
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Aug 31, 2009 |
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Autism can build a wall of poor communication between those struggling with the condition and their families. While a personal computer can help bridge the divide, the distraction and complexity of a keyboard ...
Tourette's most common in white kids, boys
Jun 04, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Tourette syndrome occurs in 3 out of every 1,000 school-aged children, and is more than twice as common in white kids as in blacks or Hispanics, according to the largest U.S. study to estimate how many have the disorder.
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New gene discovered for new form of intellectual disability
Apr 24, 2008 |
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The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) has discovered a new form of intellectual disability involving mental retardation (MR) along with the eye defect retinitis pigmentosa (RP). CAMH also discovered the previously ...
New approach to dental visits may ease kids' fears
Feb 20, 2009 |
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For many children, a trip to the doctor or dentist is a stressful experience. The sensory environment (i.e., the sounds, smells, and lights associated with the clinical setting) can cause a child's anxiety levels to rise. ...
Buying Toys for Children with Disabilities Often Leaves Shoppers Unsure
Dec 18, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Children are awaiting the arrival of Santa with anticipation. However, last minute shoppers may find themselves running into hurdles when it comes to choosing toys for children with disabilities. Julie Brinkhoff, ...
Factors affecting survival, disability of extremely premature infants identified
Apr 29, 2008 |
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Gestational age has long been the factor most commonly used to predict whether an extremely low-birth-weight infant survives and thrives, but four additional factors that can help predict a preemie’s outcome have been identified ...
What part do relapses play in severe disability for people with MS?
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Nov 04, 2009 |
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ST. PAUL, Minn. -People with multiple sclerosis (MS) who have relapses within the first five years of onset appear to have more severe disability in the short term compared to people who do not have an early relapse, according ...
Mothers of children with autism have higher parental stress, psychological distress
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jul 08, 2009 |
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Ask any mother and she'll tell you that raising a preschooler is no easy task. Now imagine what it must be like to bring up a child with autism or a developmental delay.
Unraveling 'math dyslexia'
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Sep 24, 2008 |
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Although school has been back for less than a month, it is likely that many children are already experiencing frustration and confusion in math class. Research at The University of Western Ontario in London, Canada could ...
TENS for osteoarthritis: Not enough evidence to recommend
Oct 07, 2009 |
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Despite twenty years of research on the use of electrostimulation techniques (TENS) for treatment of osteoarthritis in the knee, researchers still cannot say whether it reduces pain or physical disability. This is the conclusion ...
Epidemiologic study links low maternal education to intellectual disabilities in offspring
Mar 05, 2008 |
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By applying a public health approach, researchers at three universities have discovered a key indicator for increased risk of mental retardation in the general population. The study assessed population-level risk factors ...
Measuring intellectual disability
Jun 24, 2009 |
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Researchers from the University of California, Davis have developed a specific and quantitative means of measuring levels of the fragile X mental retardation 1 (FMR1) protein (FMRP), which is mutated in fragile X syndrome. ...
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