Learning Disabilities...
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Art Therapy
In 1859 Florence Nightingale, the founder of modern nursing, wrote that Beautiful objects and brilliancy of colour are actual means of recovery.
Modern practitioners...
Coping with Autism
Autism is a lifelong condition, which is apparently an intrinsic part of the brain's hard wiring and although it seems unlikely that a cure will ever be found, some...
Coping with Dyslexia
Learning to read is crucial for every child in our literacy driven society and poor reading ability reduces the chance of a productive and fulfilling life for a child...
Hope for the Treatment of ADHD in Children
Ritalin belongs to a class of drugs related to amphetamines called stimulants. These
drugs are not addictive and do not make the child feel high....
Inside the Autistic Mind
The generally accepted theory is that people with autism lack a theory of mind. They fail to grasp that other people have minds that motivate them to act. This does...
Music Therapy
In ancient Egypt and Greece sound and healing were seen as both sacred and intimately connected. The Greek deity Apollo was believed to concern himself with both music...
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
Have you ever had the nagging feeling that you've left the gas on or forgotten to lock the door, and felt that you have to go back and check, even if you're already far...
Play Therapy
The underlying idea behind play therapy is that children express themselves best through the language of play. Most forms of adult psychotherapy involve talking, but...
Savant Syndrome
When Dustin Hoffman starred in the 1989 Hollywood movie Rain Man the autistic savant was suddenly transformed from being a rare disability that few people had heard of...
Speech Delay and Impediments
Winston Churchill was rather proud of his slight stutter, which didn't prevent him from achieving his goals in life, including becoming a renowned politician and...
Tourette's Syndrome
In 1885, a French neurologist called Dr Georges Gilles de la Tourette described a case of an 86 year old French noblewoman who suffered from repeated twitches, jerks...
What Are the Effects of Family Therapy?
The family therapy approach tries to provide an understanding of the context in which a problem or illness has developed. Therapists do not imply...
What Causes Autism?
Autism has been a mysterious condition for years. Parents and doctors have always been baffled and horribly distressed when a young child who has previously seemed...
What Causes Dyslexia?
The word dyslexia comes from the Greek language, one of mankind's most ancient languages and it seems likely that the condition has been around for a long time too....
What is ADHD?
Is your child always on the go, talking incessantly, squirming, climbing and fidgeting when everyone else is sitting still? Does he blurt out answers, grab from other...
What is Asperger's Syndrome?
A dash of autism is how Uta Frith, an eminent psychologist and an expert on the subject, has described this condition. It's the highest functioning end of the autistic...
What is Autism?
Autism can take on many different forms, but the common underlying thread is a difficulty in making sense of the world. Classical autism is the most common of a group...
What is Dyslexia?
Tom Cruise, Pablo Picasso, Thomas Edison, Walt Disney, Cher and Richard Branson all have something in common, apart from outstanding success in varied walks of life....
