(HealthDay)—Bullying is a problem that affects almost all students in some ways, but for disabled children it's a problem that seems to last throughout their school years.
Dec 29, 2016
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A new study challenges the presumption that people born with developmental brain disorders such as severe autism will benefit from medical interventions only if treated during a narrow window in infancy or early childhood.
Apr 26, 2019
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A Michigan State University researcher has discovered the first anatomical evidence that the brains of children with a nonverbal learning disability – long considered a "pseudo" diagnosis – may develop differently than ...
Nov 20, 2013
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Early-life seizures prematurely switch on key synapses in the brain that may contribute to further neurodevelopmental delay in children with autism and other intellectual disabilities, suggests a new study from researchers ...
May 29, 2018
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As reported in 2021, autistic adults, adults with intellectual disability and adults with mental health diagnoses have multiple risk factors for COVID-19 infection, and more severe disease if contracted. Public health messaging ...
May 3, 2022
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(HealthDay)—A daily, low dose of aspirin may increase the risk for progression and metastasis as well as mortality related to later-stage disease in adults aged 65 years and older who develop cancer, according to a study ...
Oct 5, 2020
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Fewer than half of parents of children with intellectual and developmental disabilities make long-term plans about who will take over their child's care if the parent or other relative providing care dies or becomes incapacitated, ...
Feb 9, 2018
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University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) researchers identified a new gene that may be linked to certain neurodevelopmental disorders and intellectual disabilities. The researchers believe that finding genes involved ...
Jun 21, 2021
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(HealthDay)—Behavioral therapy for children with autism also benefits their parents, a new study finds.
Aug 11, 2017
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A new study in Biological Psychiatry reports that variations in 16p11.2, a region of the genome associated with risk of autism spectrum disorder (ASD), have distinct effects on cognition. The findings highlight the diversity ...
Jul 18, 2016
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