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February 8, 2012

10 February 2012, Article, Dyslexia, Newsletter

[Source: New York Times Sunday Review] by Annie Murphy Paul THE word “dyslexia” evokes painful struggles with reading, and indeed this learning disability causes much difficulty for the estimated 15 percent of Americans affected by it. Since the phenomenon of “word blindness”…...

February 8, 2012

10 February 2012, Autism, News, Newsletter

[Source: Science Daily] Mystery surrounds autism. Its theories of causes and treatments are as unique and diverse as the people who have it. The same holds true for its symptoms. Scientists and physicians are uncovering more about this disorder every day; many…...

February 7, 2012

10 February 2012, Article, Newsletter, SLP

by Ruth Morgan Reprinted with the express permission of the author as it appeared on the Chapel Hill Snippets blog The reality of my job is that I see many children with severe handicapping conditions, all day, every day. Often my schedule…...

February 7, 2012

10 February 2012, Autism, News of the Week, Newsletter

[Source: Autism Speaks Official Blog] Guest post by neurobiologist Pat Levitt, Ph.D., of the University of Southern California’s Keck School of Medicine, in Los Angeles Many children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) have co-occurring medical conditions that affect their quality of life…...

February 3, 2012

So here is a fun one… I found this pin last week and proposed it to the School Psychogists to see how many interesting ideas they could come up with. The Social Psych Discussion Group on Pinterest is still pretty small, so…...

February 3, 2012

3 February 2012, Article, Newsletter, SLP

by: Cindy Presley CCC-SLP and Kristina Young, CF-SLP Reprinted with permission of the authors as it appeared on their blog, The Speech Ladies We wanted to share with you a great sequencing activity for little ones. If you go here you can…...

February 2, 2012

3 February 2012, Newsletter, OT, SLP

[Source: ABC News] Kids may not giggle over the awkwardness on “The Office,” and adults usually aren’t all that tickled by Elmo. But new research shows that the same brain regions are active when both children and grown ups find something funny.…...

February 2, 2012

3 February 2012, Cerebral Palsy, News, Newsletter

[Source: Disability Scoop] Long thought to be caused by problems at birth, researchers now say that in most cases cerebral palsy may actually originate in a person’s genes much like other developmental disabilities. The finding, reported online in the journal The Lancet…...

February 2, 2012

3 February 2012, Dyslexia, News, Newsletter

[Source: Medical XPress] Finnish scientists have found that a rare dyslexia-linked genetic variant of the ROBO1 gene decreases normal crossing of auditory pathways in the human brain. The weaker the expression of the gene is, the more abnormal is the midline crossing.…...

February 2, 2012

3 February 2012, News, Newsletter, Pediatric Stroke

[Source: HealthDay] Many children who suffer a stroke had some sort of an infection in the days leading up to the stroke, a new study says. However, childhood stroke is rare and parents shouldn’t be unduly alarmed by these findings, the…...