Pervasive developmental disorder

In the article, Autism Spectrum Disorder, the National Institute of Mental Health provided an overview of the disorder and several key information that a person who is researching about autism should know. People with ASD often have a difficult time functioning normally in their daily life. They don’t commonly make eye contact when talking to someone and their actions and behaviors are repetitive. The Asperger’s syndrome and the autism disorder were said to be separated into different…

Autism reflects reduced or no development of verbal or communicative social behavior in children. Though the motor and other developments are quite appropriate, lack of coordination in these movements may be visible. Various hypothesis and studies have been carried out in an attempt to understand exact patho-physiology of autism. But almost all studies point to the fact that disruption in the early fetal brain development results in autistic behavior. What signs and symptoms are observed in…

does involve sensory integration dysfunction. Many experts agree that ‘Dyspraxia can be acquired at birth but is generally passed genetically through parents’ (Macintyre 2009). It is only since the early 1990s that dyspraxia or DCD (developmental coordination disorder) has become widely recognized through medical research and the World Health Organization (WHO). According…

On October 2, 2017, Heidi Durham, M.S., CCC-SLP, a speech-language pathologist from the South Plains Rehab Center, lectured the class about hippotherapy. First, she presented a handout over the different principles of hippotherapy, and then the class watched video clips demonstrating the treatment strategies utilized on patients in a therapeutic environment. The goal for each therapy session included to improve the patient’s speech and language functions, so he or she can eventually achieve…

and management of dyscalculia in 10 year old boys. Dyscalculia also referred to as a mathematics disorder or disability, affects an estimated 1-5 % of general population, Overtime there have been a number of neural or brain based reasons attributed to dyscalculia. Dyscalculia may result of an acquired brain injury/pathology where there is damage to the angular gyrus Dyscalculia may be developmental in nature and of genetic origin, in which the complexity of inter connecting brain regions of…

This definition describes CP as a heterogeneous condition in terms of type and severity of impairment. As a disorder of development, this implies the motor impairment that is manifest very early in development. The core features of CP include, abnormal patterns of movement, posture and regulation of muscle tone. Neurodevelopmental impairments affect adaptive and sensory functioning, learning, communication, behavior and even seizures. (Martin Bax, 2005) Cerebral Palsy is the most common…

also known as developmental apraxia of speech (DAS), is a childhood speech sound disorder caused by the impairment of the motor movements of the articulators related to speech production. This impairment impacts the coordination and accuracy of the muscles used to coordinate the speech production (Vinson, 2001). This disease differs from dysarthria, which impacts the execution of the utterance instead of the planning and programming of the speech movement. The prevalence of this disorder ranges…

have brains that are more symmetrical than others. However, in this instance symmetry means something entirely different from what you may typically infer autism and the brain. Recent imaging has revealed that children within the autism spectrum disorder have less asymmetries in their brains compared to their non-autistic peers. There was a study done by San Diego State University, about the two halves of the brain having “different processing modes.” The left half is more specialized while the…

Rett Syndrome is a disorder that affects the nervous system and is found almost exclusively in girls. Rett syndrome is caused by a malfunction in the MECP2 gene. What is exactly the MECP2 gene? Well MECP2 gene is the gene that encodes protein and essentials. How can you prevent Rett Syndrome? Well doctors have proved that Rett Syndrome is a randomly found in a female infant. RTT is a non-inherited genetic disorder. Rett Syndrome is often described as autism, cerebral palsy, Parkinson’s,…

American Psychiatric Association, the developmental co-ordination disorder can be defined as a neuro-developmental condition (DCD) that affects a child’s ability to perform everyday tasks in self-care and academic areas. Other terms for this disorder/Synonyms for DCD includes motor delays, clumsiness, clumsiness -motor delay, developmental delay, gross motor and fine motor developmental delay, developmental apraxia, disorder of attention and motor perception, developmental dyspraxia,…