What health conditions are commonly found in people with a learning disability and/or autism? 'Many people with profound and multiple learning disabilities also have lots of physical conditions,' says learning disability nurse Gerard Wainwright, who works in West Yorkshire. 'We see things like ...
"Specific learning disability" was the most frequent education category identified, followed by "speech and language impairment". Together, these two categories made up nearly 64% of all special education placements. The intellectual disability classification accounted for about 8% (487,854). Autism ...
The term “learning disability” is an umbrella term encompassing a number of different problems with learning — most often in reading, writing, math, and problem solving. Learning disabilities cause people to struggle when making connections between different pieces of incoming information, and when...
smearing faeces, a range of continence-specific difficulties, including bowel or bladder difficulties such as bedwetting and constipation GENETIC DISORDERS Certain known genetic disorders are associated with an increased risk of autism, including but not limited to Fragile X syndrome (FXS), Down syndrom...
Brain region-specific decrease in the activity and expression of protein kinase A in the frontal cortex of regressive autism. PLoS One 2011;6:e23751. Article CAS Google Scholar Pagnamenta AT, Khan H, Walker S, et al. Rare familial 16q21 microdeletions under a linkage peak implicate ...
Modified Checklist for Autism in Toddlers (M-CHAT): An autism-specific questionnaire that relies on information supplied by caregivers. Parents’ Evaluation of Developmental Status (PEDS): A screening tool that identifies developmental and behavioral problems using a parent-interview form. ...
Co-occurring conditions— including anxiety, depression, hyperactivity, and specific learning disabilities—can also affect school success for students with ASD. The current literature exposes a dearth of published research on the practices of independent schools in supporting students with ASD. This ...
Autism spectrum disorder has two core features doctors use to make a diagnosis: social communication differences or difficulties and specific or repetitive interests and behaviors. Among autistic people, there is a wide variation of traits, strengths, and support needs. ...
Correlates of overachievement (achievement test scores ≥ 1 SD above IQ), nondiscrepant achievement, and learning disability (LD; achievement ≥ 1 SD below IQ) were analyzed in 1,543 children (739 ADHD, 285 autism, and 519 general population), 6–16years of age. Significant correlates of ...
“If a pregnant mother doesn’t eat specific medicine or dose [e.g., iron tablets etc], it leads to such or any other problems in child.”. (mother of a child meeting their developmental milestones) “Society thinks they give birth to the child but are not taking care of them.”. ...