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Many children who suffer from some deficiency caused at the time of birth or due to subsequent injury require physical therapy. Physical therapy is a service designed to provide balanced skill to the children suffering from some disorder. Therapists who specialise in children related disorders work with families to help the child overcome deficiencies and [...]

General epilepsy is a neurological condition, which affects the nervous system. This is also known as a seizure disorder. But Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy is a different type of epilepsy. Symptoms: Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy (JME) is an epilepsy syndrome characterized by a myoclonic seizure sometimes followed by tonic-clonic seizure and then absence seizure. Myoclonic seizures are [...]

Autism is a development disorder which starts from the time of birth of a child, or begins to show up within the first three years of the life of the child. It is basically a neurological disorder and changes the way the brain functions. It is a cause of difficulty for the affected person to [...]

All five senses are important for proper development of a child and the loss of any of them is traumatic. The sense of hearing is also very important and the good thing is that modern hearing aids can help to a great degree should the need arise. Only a qualified doctor can decide after intensive [...]

It is the desire of all parents to see that their children are fully hale and hearty and suffer from no disorder. They want the child to grow up into a good citizen and prosper in life but when the parents come to know that their child is suffering from learning disability, they often feel [...]

Sensory disorder is a type of disorder present in children as a result of which they react to certain things in an unusual manner and not in a manner in which a normal child will react. These children are either hypersensitive or under sensitive. This sensitivity often affects body functions. The cause of this problem [...]

ADD or Attention Deficit Disorder is a problem with the children as a result of which they are unable to behave in a manner as the children of their age do. They have problem in reading, learning or even movement as a result of hyperactivity. The first to find out about the problem with the [...]

Attention Deficit Disorder is a problem found in some children. The cause of this disorder is improper development of the brain during the time child was in mother’s womb or injury to brain during early childhood which hampers normal development. Due to lack of proper development the child is unable to perform in the way [...]

Attention Deficit Disorder is a problem faced by children as a result of which they are unable to concentrate on the tasks they do. Such children are unable to decide the routine for doing a particular thing. They are unable to decide where to start, how to proceed and how to end. For any task [...]

Learning disability is a disorder which is present in many children. Research has found that the boys are affected more by this disability as compared to girls. Quite a large number of children are affected by one form or the other of this problem. It is not correct to associate this disability with some disease. [...]

Learning disability, as the name suggests, is not a disease but is a disability faced by a person which starts showing effect from childhood. The parents are the first to know about this problem in the child. The moment they come to know of this problem they should pull up the guard and adopt a [...]

Child is the most loved gift the parents get. The moment the child is conceived the parents start making plans for his future. Often parents start keeping aside funds to cover the expenses for bringing up the child and for child’s education. When the parents come to know that their child is suffering from a [...]

All children deserve a good education and those with learning disabilities are no exception. Parents and teachers have to strive extra hard to make lessons meaningful and fun for these children. Merely looking at words and writing them out will not help. All senses have to be included in the effort to help in retention [...]

Learning disability is a problem or can better be said, a disease in the child which reduces the skill in a child to learn things. Though the children have a sharp mind but those suffering from this problem find difficulty in learning things fast. This can be due to a number of factors including improper [...]

Bipolar conduct disorder in children is a serious problem. Those effected with this problem face extreme mood swings, in a moment they are aggressive and over active other moment they go passive and start feeling depressed. This problem is also called ‘bipolar affective disorder’ or ‘manic depression’. This is very similar to ‘bipolar mood disorder’ [...]

Central Auditory Processing Disorder CAPD relates to hearing defects. Hearing of sound involves a large number of functions performed by the ear, as sounds strike the eardrum it undergoes transformations involving change of form of signals. These signals then pass from the ear to various parts of the brain for analysis and recognition. Many persons [...]

Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) is a psychological disorder more frequently found in male child and starts showing symptoms when the child is in the age group of two to three years. Some of the children suffering from this disorder show signs of hyperactivity, and need to be treated when the first sign appears. In some [...]

Some children do not gain the level of intelligence as is expected from them according to the age they have reached. The children suffering from learning disabilities are those who are unable to learn lessons properly. They also suffer from writing and reading disabilities. There are a number of factors which affect learning disability. Broadly [...]