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- A Green Food Miracle Part One - by Submitted on May 31, 2019 from Kelley Curl 7It had been a rough twenty-four hours for Mom, Dad, Lisa, and myself worrying about Ace. He had run away from home! Mom and I got down on our knees to pray for divine intervention. None of us realized just what Ace was dealing with after he graduated from high school. He started college, ...
Views: 1306 - Best dental clinic in chennai | Top Dentists in Chennai - OMR Dentistry - by Submitted on Feb 12, 2019 from vishesh singhOur mission is to provide the finest oral health care with genuine compassion, warmth and commitment to quality to individuals and families. We excel at maintaining a caring environment that is respectful of all people. The goal of our unique, multi-faceted practice is to provide total patient ...
Views: 721 - CHANNELING PASSIONS: Thoughts on ADHD - by Submitted on Jan 25, 2019 from Stella WaterhouseHistory is filled with creative individuals who “thought outside the box.” Often ridiculed, labeled as troublemakers, or initially discounted as unintelligent, many went on to make huge contributions to society. And yet today many of those people would probably be said to have Attention Deficit ...
Views: 995 - How to Prevent Hearing Loss? - by Submitted on Jan 06, 2019 from Arifur RahmanHearing loss has become one of the most common health conditions that people in today’s world have to face. It is extremely common among seniors. With hearing loss, you will be subjected towards a variety of negative health consequences. Hence, it is important to have a clear understanding on ...
Views: 747 - The Safety and Effectiveness of Pediatric Chiropractic Care - by Submitted on Dec 28, 2018 from Lora DavisThe healthcare service provided to children by a pediatric chiropractor Wall Township is a very vital approach in keeping them safe and healthy as they grow from infancy into adolescence. Pediatric chiropractors are medical professionals who provide child centered care to young children. ...
Views: 530 - The Hidden Truth on Cbd Oil - by Submitted on Dec 19, 2018 from chris brenThe oil can help reduce negative feelings and increase optimistic ones. In particular, it is imported from the UK and the US. Anxiolytic means that CBD oil will help to lessen anxiety. It has also been linked to lowered levels of anxiety. It comes in several distinct strengths and can be used in ...
Views: 1314 - Top 3 Advantages of Using a Chiropractor for Injuries - by Submitted on Sep 18, 2018 from Lora DavisNo one plans for an injury. No one wishes for their body to suffer unexpected changes that result in creaky joints, fractures, headaches, among other symptoms. Residents of Wall, NJ suffering from an injury or healing from a surgery can greatly benefit from the assistance of a ...
Views: 622 - Is Depression, Anxiety, Fatigue, Autism Really a MTHFR Defect? - by Submitted on Jul 23, 2018 from Usama MalikMTHFR mutation is a health condition, which can take place as a result of poor enzyme and methylation production within the body. MTHFR defect or MTHFR mutation affects different people in different ways. Some people with MTHFR defect will not experience any symptoms at all. However, others will ...
Views: 976 - How to Treat Echolalia in Autism - by Submitted on Jun 01, 2018 from Douglas brooksMany parents of autistic children will be well versed with the issues of Echolalia; they are the things that they deal with on a daily basis and many, many times each day They can be exhausting, frustrating and repetitive for all involved, both adult and child alike. Echolalia refers of course ...
Views: 1019 - An Overview of the very best Baby crib Mattresses For Your Firstborn Child. - by Submitted on May 24, 2018 from muller lukacsBeing a parent calls for being precise in whatever your kid is using-from feeding containers to their clothing to the baby crib mattress that they are utilizing. Selecting the appropriate baby crib cushion is more essential because your infant invests the majority of their time below and a god ...
Views: 1070 - Homeopathy for individuals suffering from gastritis in Mumbai - by Submitted on Mar 23, 2018 from Rihanna D’souzaGastritis is irritation, burning in the stomach which can occur due to any of the reason. Gastritis can be cured by medicine prescribed by a doctor but taking those medicine usually, give side effects. An individual can use homeopathy treatment for gastritis which is slow in showing the result ...
Views: 1063 - Can You Tell Who's Lying to You? - by Submitted on Nov 28, 2017 from Darleen PrangueAccording to the Lie Detector Guru, former Federal Agent and Police trainer J.J. Newberry there are certain signs to look for that reveals untruth. For instance successful liars have a way of getting someone to trust in them. Moreover, it is a natural habit to look into the eyes of someone and ...
Views: 1624 - Uterine Fibroids: Their Types and Various Treatment Options - by Submitted on Aug 10, 2017 from Ram DurisetiIt is a dream of most of the women to become pregnant or to have a baby. Some women believe that a woman’s life comes to its full shape when she becomes a mother. However, not everyone isas lucky, as there are some women who cannot become pregnant. When it comes to infertility, there are ...
Views: 1598 - ***Proof of the Adult Photographic Memory Hiding in the Shadows of Autism - by Submitted on Jul 20, 2017 from Shannon PanzoInsights from a different world: · Do You have a Photographic Memory? · Do you Know how to Manage your Brain? · Is you Mind Clear for Decision Making? The following is a television description of documentary content I am editorializing: The series exploring remarkable tales of human experience ...
Views: 3490 - Drugs & Vaccinations Part of Beast System in Revelation; Fight for Kids & Health - by Submitted on Jul 12, 2017 from Richard RuhlingRicardo Beas, a concerned citizen and parent of three school-age children in California seeks to do the impossible. He is shedding light on the illegality and health hazards of mandatory vaccines, believing compulsory vaccination will be overruled by public opinion. Citing our ...
Views: 1710 - CDC, Congress, MDs, Drug Makers Guilty re Autism, ADHD, Deaths: Expert - by Submitted on May 12, 2017 from Richard RuhlingThe CDC is a vaccine company; drug companies own Congress & MDs who break their oath; drug makers lie and parents pay the price, says Richard Ruhling, MD who taught Health Science at Loma Linda University. “The CDC owns dozens of vaccine patents and sells vaccines, $4.6 billion/year. A US ...
Views: 1514 - Timing Perfect for the Debut of Apple's New Autism Screening App - by Submitted on Nov 25, 2015 from Brian WuAccording to the Mayo Clinic, autism is a serious neurodevelopmental disorder which impairs a child's ability to communicate and interact with others and with the environment and can significantly impair his or her social skills, behavior and overall function. However, it has been found that ...
Views: 1864 - 8 Myths About Autism That Need to Be Busted - by Submitted on Oct 07, 2015 from Rachelle WilberAutism is part of a group of developmental disorders referred to as autism spectrum disorders or ASD. While the number of ASD cases is increasing, there remains a lot to be learned about ASD and its causes. This lack of understanding as contributed to a number of myths regarding ASD. Parents ...
Views: 1490(1 vote) - Your Secret Sensory Genius - by Submitted on Aug 28, 2015 from Donna Beard-GuadagniDid you ever think that understanding your child’s behavior and responses to sensory information may be telling you so much more about your child than you can imagine? Could those so called “behaviors” be communicating something to you about who they are and how they perceive the world? ...
Views: 1865 - ***FACES FROM THE PAST - by Submitted on Jan 15, 2015 from Stella WaterhouseJoseph and Rose Kennedy’s third child and first daughter was born in Bostonin 1918, just two months before the end of World War I, while an epidemic of Spanish flu was raging. Inundated with flu patients, the attending doctor, Dr Good, arrived late and, although it was not a difficult birth, the ...
Views: 1754(1 vote) - Fishy Fish and Presents: Loving Games to Play with Children - by Submitted on Jan 12, 2015 from Sarah FreemanPlaying pretend games with children can be a very fun and special thing to do. All it takes is a little imagination and the willingness to act a little silly. Among all of the pretend games I have played with children, two or my favorites are Fishy Fish and Unwrap the Present. Fishy fish is a ...
Views: 1901 - ***WHAT NEXT? AFTER WINTERBOURNE - by Submitted on Dec 02, 2014 from Stella Waterhouse. . . all such institutions are unnatural, undesirable and very liable to abuse. We should have as few of them as possible…’ Samuel Gridley Howe - American physician and philanthropist For those of you not based in the UK I should just explain the meaning of this title. It arose from ...
Views: 1729 - ***The Strange Case Of Kasper Hauser - by Submitted on Nov 13, 2014 from Stella WaterhouseA different tale this time: of mystery, child abuse, deprivation, political intrigue and murder all rolled into one. A tale of a young man who suddenly appeared in Nuremberg in 1828; walking painfully and clumsily - as if uncertain how to walk. The young man, found to be one Kasper Hauser, ...
Views: 2343 - ***Disappointing! Simplistic! Misleading? - by Submitted on Oct 25, 2014 from Stella WaterhouseMy last article on DSM-5 looked at the loss of one important diagnosis - that of Disintegrative Disorder. And yet reviewing the situation there is another aspect of major concern. And that, as you may have guessed, concerns the sensory differences. Why so? Let me explain. John Langdon ...
Views: 2059 - *** Data Sadly Missed: Childhood Disintegrative Disorder - by Submitted on Jan 21, 2017 from Stella WaterhouseMy last article looked at the effects of the changes in the DSM one year on, focusing on the deletion of Asperger's syndrome but, of course, there was also another omission that attracted little attention; possibly because Asperger's syndrome took precedence. And yet that omission too is of ...
Views: 1892 - Misdiagnosing Narcissism: Asperger's Disorder - by Submitted on Sep 06, 2014 from Sam VakninBy Sam Vaknin Author of "Malignant Self-love: Narcissism Revisited" Asperger's Disorder is often misdiagnosed as Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD), though evident as early as age 3 (while pathological narcissism cannot be safely diagnosed prior to early adolescence). In both ...
Views: 2315 - ***Diagnosis Simplified - or Muddled? Diagnosis - Formerly Known as Asperger's Syndrome . . . - by Submitted on Aug 15, 2014 from Stella WaterhouseIt's a funny old world. The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM) produced by the American Psychiatric Association (APS) is one of two main international sets of diagnostic criteria for autism spectrum disorders: the other being the International Classification of Diseases (ICD), ...
Views: 1889 - AUTISM AWARENESS Part Two: Shadows On The Soul - by Submitted on Jul 18, 2014 from Stella WaterhouseThe last article assessed the impact of referring to ASD as a learning 'difference' or even a 'personality trait.' As I said then, I believe that both terms can potentially cause problems. That is particularly true in relation to abuse, making it far too easy for abusers to justify ...
Views: 1656 - ***AUTISM AWARENESS Part One: What's In A Name? - by Submitted on Jun 27, 2014 from Stella WaterhouseToday people generally try to be politically correct but, while a good thing in theory that can have some drawbacks, especially in relation to Autistic Spectrum Disorders as you will see. Thus nowadays it people commonly refer to ASD as a learning 'difference' or even a 'personality trait' ...
Views: 1697 - ***THE AUTISM WARS Part Four: Pros and Cons - by Submitted on May 30, 2014 from Stella WaterhouseTime now to turn our attention to the USA where the arguments surround one particular vaccine additive - thimerosal - rather than the vaccines themselves. This mercury based product has been used as a preservative in many vaccines since the 1930s - before being removed from many of them ...
Views: 1775(1 vote) - ***THE AUTISM WARS: Part Three: Jabbed - by Submitted on May 09, 2014 from Stella WaterhouseThere are two different aspects to this so I'll begin with the ongoing saga of the MMR a triple vaccination against measles, mumps and rubella. In the past it had been postulated that the triple jab and in particular the measles part, could cause encephalitis, the speculation being ...
Views: 1441 - TAKING THE MYTH AND MYSTERY OUT OF THE HISTORY - Part Three: ASD from the late 19th Century - by Submitted on Apr 08, 2014 from Stella WaterhouseOne of Dr Down's contemporaries was Dr Isaac Kerlin, then considered a leader in the field of 'mental retardation'. He was the superintendent of the Pennsylvania Institute for Feeble-Minded Children in the US for many years: a school whose pupils included those with intellectual and ...
Views: 1529 - ***THE AUTISM WARS - Part Two: Battlefronts - by Submitted on Mar 28, 2014 from Stella WaterhouseAnother battle in the autism wars began with the apparent increase in ASD in the late 1980s, which some people believed - as some still do - was really the beginning of an epidemic. And that is where we find the first battle: a hotly debated argument as to whether the increase is/was real ...
Views: 1422 - THE AUTISM WARS Part One: War Of The Worlds - by Submitted on Mar 18, 2014 from Stella WaterhouseRegrettably the past two decades have seen the rise of the autism wars. One such battlefront is linked to the idea that autism is triggered by some 'external force': an idea that has led many parents to buy into the idea that 'curing' autism would return to the child to 'normal' and one ...
Views: 1660 - ***TAKING THE MYTH AND MYSTERY OUT OF THE HISTORY: Part Two: ASD in the 19th Century - by Submitted on Mar 07, 2014 from Stella WaterhouseThe 19th century too seems to have had its fair share of children who might fit the criteria for ASD today: children who, in keeping with those times, and depending on the severity of their problems were often classified as fools, idiots or imbeciles. As ever some survived in the ...
Views: 1535 - ***EXPLORING THE AUTISTIC SPECTRUM - by Submitted on Feb 24, 2014 from Stella WaterhouseI was always told that if you want to learn something you should ‘ask an expert’ and so when I set out to write a short booklet on anxiety in the late 1980s, I decided to begin my research by reading books and articles by or about people with ASD themselves. It was then I ...
Views: 1833 - ***TAKING THE MYTH AND MYSTERY OUT OF THE HISTORY: Part One: A Brief History of Autistic Spectrum Disorders (ASD) - by Submitted on Feb 24, 2014 from Stella WaterhouseMany myths and fallacies are attached to ASD but perhaps one of the strangest is the idea that it only actually began in the 1940s, when Leo Kanner in the US and Hans Asperger in Austria both wrote papers on the subject; describing similar but apparently different symptoms which gave rise to ...
Views: 1642 - FINE TUNING FENG SHUI FOR AUTISTIC CHILDREN - by Submitted on Oct 18, 2013 from Judith RyanWith the constantly increasing amount of children being diagnosed with autism it appears this disorder is reaching almost epic proportions worldwide. While there are many theories as to its origins there has not been a culprit found for its cause. Also what works for one child’s development ...
Views: 3132 - Prison education for decreased recidivism - by Submitted on May 25, 2013 from Gerome WashingtonThe increase in anti social activities nowadays has resulted in growing concern for a reliable solution and to manage these activities. There are all sorts of legal amendments and other steps implemented to curb the menace of criminal activities but it is not just enough to provide a solution. ...
Views: 1806 - The Amazing Skills and Difficult Challenges of Children with ASD - by Submitted on Apr 17, 2013 from Connie HammerI have always been astonished by the amazing abilities individuals with an Autism Spectrum Disorder have. Sometimes these gifts are hidden and I have to help parents dig for the treasure that lies within. Other times this extraordinary talent is obvious to all, which makes it easy for parents to ...
Views: 1503 - “My Child’s Autism is NOT MY Fault!” - by Submitted on Apr 04, 2013 from Connie HammerIt’s NOT your fault. Don’t be a receptacle for guilt; address your feelings of guilt instead of letting them fester. Guilt is something that will always be waiting in the wings; you just have to learn how to deal with it when it wants to make an appearance. Once your child is diagnosed with ...
Views: 2772(2 votes) - Selecting the Right Medical Record Review Company - by Submitted on Mar 19, 2013 from Steve RyderMedical record review requires the minutest attention to detail and should be carried out only by skilled medical review professionals. Select the right medical review firm to enjoy all benefits. Any kind of selection is to be done with great care if you are to enjoy all the benefits of your ...
Views: 1471(1 vote) - Overcoming Roadblocks to Good Personal Hygiene for a Child with ASD - by Submitted on Mar 14, 2013 from Connie HammerChildren do not come into this world able to care of themselves. In the beginning they are dependent upon their parents for everything, but gradually they learn to wash, dress and feed themselves. Typically, a child will master daily self-care skills with relative ease. Many are self-motivated ...
Views: 2521 - 5 Strategies to Help Your Child on the Autism Spectrum Cope with Anxiety and Stress - by Submitted on Feb 28, 2013 from Connie HammerDid you know that anxiety symptoms and disorders are the number one health problem among children and adults in America? Anxiety disorders are more common in children today, than in their parent’s generation. The Anxiety Disorders Association of America states that one in eight children are ...
Views: 1809 - How to get treated with autism? - by Submitted on Feb 26, 2013 from camili smithThis is referred to as a complicated disorder in the development of a human body which mainly has an impact in the brain, nervous system, social well-being & the communication skills. These factors are mainly analyzed in the initial part of life up to 3 years of age. • Symptoms: Certain ...
Views: 1416 - Traps to Avoid When It Comes to Behaviors That Can Annoy - by Submitted on Feb 14, 2013 from Connie HammerAs parents we would all love to have a quick and efficient way of changing some of the negative behaviors our children display. There are behaviors that irritate us, embarrass us and exasperate us, and ones that present a safety issue at times. And then there are those unique, repetitive ...
Views: 1584(2 votes) - Child Autism Side Effect from Antidepressants - by Submitted on Jan 24, 2013 from Jennifer ThomasMedical reports from patients plus clinical findings implicate antidepressants, like Zoloft, in several serious and even life-threatening side effects. Among the harmful effects of antidepressants that have come to light is the probable risk for autism in a child, based on a July 2011 CNN ...
Views: 1535(2 votes) - Learning to Manage Guilt as a Parent of a Child with or Without Autism - by Submitted on Jan 18, 2013 from Connie HammerDoes parenting exist without guilt? Let’s face it - guilt comes with the territory. Whether or not your child is on the Autism spectrum, guilt is a difficult emotion to avoid no matter how hard a parent tries. If you are a seasoned parent you may have had more than a few encounters with guilt ...
Views: 1638(2 votes) - Know about different hairstyles sported by modern men - by Submitted on Jan 16, 2013 from Vikas deshmukA man’s look is never complete without a fine and clean haircut. Be it a short, medium cut or a long one, it is very important to ensure that the style suits your overall appearance. There are few hairstyles for men, which never lose their appeal, irrespective of age group. Given below is a ...
Views: 1449 - Strategies to Deal With My ASD Child Who Isn't Interested in the Holidays - by Submitted on Dec 16, 2012 from Connie HammerDo you have a child with an Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) that is just not interested in the holiday fanfare? Unfortunately, many children on the spectrum may be tuned out or just not interested in some or all that comes with the holidays. We expect the holiday excitement we develop as ...
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