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Q&A: What Are The Basic Features Of Rett Syndrome?

June 25, 2010

25 June 2010, Article, Newsletter, OT, PT, Q&A, Rett Syndrome, SLP

By: Ingrid Harding Founder and President Girl Power 2 Cure, Inc. Rett Syndrome is a neurological/movement disorder which predominantly affects girls (approximately 1 in 10,000). Many attain developmental milestones from birth to age two or three, but then begin to regress. Others…...

Promoting Child Literacy

June 25, 2010

25 June 2010, Article, Literacy, Newsletter, SLP

By: Laquinta Khaldun, SLP There are several alarming statistics regarding child literacy in the U.S.: 25 to 40 percent of American children have their academic abilities compromised because of reading difficulties.Committee on Preventing Reading Difficulties in Young Children of the National Research…...

June 25, 2010

25 June 2010, Articulation, Newsletter, SLP, Tip or Resource

[Source: Speech Therapy Ideas] HIDE & SEEK: Clinician hides the cards and the client finds them, says them each using good sounds. MYSTERY PICK: Clinician chooses a winning card, places the card back in the deck, shuffles and fans the cards out.…...

June 18, 2010

ABC Action News ran a story this week on Sensory Processing Disorder and that some therapists and pediatricians believe that a flurry of new diagnoses will make SPD the “new ADD”...

June 18, 2010

18 June 2010, Autism, News, Newsletter

[Source: ABC News] Eric Duquette is the salutatorian of his high school, an honor student, a musician, and he has autism. The 18-year-old Duquette, who couldn’t say a word until age five, gave the commencement speech at his high school graduation ceremony…...

Research News: IVF Linked to Autism

June 16, 2010

18 June 2010, Autism, News, Newsletter

Editor’s Note: Please be sure to read this entire article by clicking on the online link. The connection between IVF and Autism may be enhanced by other factors such as the age of the mother. We should all be mindful that causation…...

June 15, 2010

18 June 2010, Autism, News, Newsletter

[Source: Carmel Valley News and Age of Autism] By Karen Billing Jeremy Sicile-Kira is autistic (sic) and cannot speak, but that does not mean he has nothing to say. After seven years at Torrey Pines High School, he has earned his high…...

June 14, 2010

18 June 2010, Down Syndrome, News, Newsletter

[Source: Disability Scoop and the Brockton Enterprise] A Massachusetts couple is asking their son’s school district to remove a science textbook that refers to Down syndrome as an “error,” concerned the characterization could lead to bullying. Books used by seventh graders in…...

June 11, 2010

11 June 2010, Article, Newsletter, OT, OT, SPD, Tip or Resource

All material Copyright 2004-2009 Lindsey Biel OTR/L & Nancy Peske Article reprinted with the express permission of the authors as it appears on their website. By: Lindsey Biel OTR/L & Nancy Peske NB: This article was written primarily for parents and caregivers…...

Feel Good Story of the Week

June 11, 2010

11 June 2010, News of the Week, Newsletter, SPD

Teen Who Has Overcome Sensory Processing Disorder to Dance with Ballet Company [Source: Lantaster Online] When Emily Pautler was born, she would cry out in discomfort unless she was dressed in special diapers. As a child, Emily would get pain and nausea…...