Articles, tagged with "mental retardation", page 6

Therapeutic Horseback riding

Believe it or not, but the movement of a horse's hips and pelvis is often used to facilitate people with physical disabilities in gaining and building up musculoskeletal and motor responses. As the horse moves, the rider is constantly thrown off balance a... Read >
Author: Robert Palmer

Answering Your Down Syndrome Questions

Having a child is a huge responsibility. Even before the child is born there are things that expectant parents must do to ensure that their child is safe. But there are occasions and conditions that cannot be avoided. Down syndrome is not picky on what in... Read >
Author: MIKE SELVON

Early Attention Is Required With Children With Down Syndrome

Parents of children with Down syndrome are flooded with a barrage of emotions. They may experience disappointment, anger, grief, frustration, fear and anxiety. Mothers over the age 35, who have a higher chance of having a baby with Down syndrome, may expe... Read >
Author: MIKE SELVON

Detailed Information on Methylmalonic Aciduria

Methylmalonic acidemia (MMA), also called methylmalonic aciduria. Methylmalonic Aciduria is a disorder of amino acid metabolism, involving a defect in the conversion of methylmalonyl-coenzyme A (CoA) to succinyl-CoA. This condition occurs in an estimated ... Read >
Author: Juliet Cohen

Detailed Information on Mowat-Wilson Syndrome

Mowat-Wilson syndrome is a inherited condition that affects several parts of the body. Mowat-Wilson syndrome is a mental retardation-multiple congenital anomaly syndrome characterized by a typical facies, developmental delay, epilepsy, and variable congen... Read >
Author: Juliet Cohen

Detailed Information on Mental Retardation

Mental retardation is a developmental disability that is marked by lower-than-normal intelligence and limited daily living skills. People who are mentally retarded function at an intellectual level that is below average and have difficulties with learning... Read >
Author: Juliet Cohen

Detailed Information on Menkes syndrome

Menkes syndrome is an inborn error of metabolism in which cells in the body cannot absorb enough copper. Copper added at oddly low levels in the liver and brain, but at elevated than normal levels in the kidney and intestinal lining. The disorder causes s... Read >
Author: Juliet Cohen

Glycine encephalopathy

Glycine encephalopathy, which is also called nonketotic hyperglycinemia. Glycine encephalopathy is an inherent mistake of glycine metabolism in which big quantities of glycine accumulate in all body tissues, with the brain. A neonatal (classic) form and s... Read >
Author: Juliet Cohen

Hallervorden-Spatz disease

Hallervorden-Spatz disease is an inherited, degenerative disease that usually begins in childhood and involves progressive muscle rigidity, weakness, and movement disorder. The disease can be familial or sporadic. When familial, it is inherited recessivel... Read >
Author: Juliet Cohen

Galactosemia Detailed Information

Galactosemia is the lack of ability of the body to employ (metabolize) the simple sugar galactose, causing the buildup of galactose 1-phosphate in the body. It arises in about 1 out of every 60,000 births among Caucasians, while the rate is dissimilar for... Read >
Author: Juliet Cohen

What Does It Mean to Be an Addiction Counselor?

With the number of jobs increasing faster than people are graduating from counseling programs, now could be the right time to enter this worthwhile profession. What Does an Addiction Counselor Do? Two types of counselors deal with addictions: mental h... Read >
Author: Kelli

Dealing with Asperger Syndrome

Asperger Syndrome is a relatively mild form of autism that effects people in different ways than regular autism. Because it usually does not affect language, many people with Asperger Syndrome go undiagnosed. This is the one form of autism that is usually... Read >
Author: Jonathan Sullivan

Bad Apples on the Family Tree

The news that a child in the family is autistic is most often met with a number of reactions. While all family members, even extended, would be supportive in an ideal world, the sad truth is that many are disgusted or disappointed. Does a family member sc... Read >
Author: Jonathan Sullivan

Menkes Syndrome – Causes, Symptoms and Treatment

Menkes syndrome is an inborn error of metabolism that markedly decreases the cells' ability to absorb copper. The disorder causes severe cerebral degeneration and arterial changes, resulting in death in infancy. The disease can often be diagnosed by looki... Read >
Author: peterhutch

Symptoms of Canavan disease

Symptoms of Canavan disease, which appear in early infancy and progress rapidly, may include mental retardation, loss of previously acquired motor skills, feeding difficulties, abnormal muscle tone (floppiness or stiffness), and an abnormally large, poo... Read >
Author: Corwin Brown

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