[Source: Disability Scoop] It is becoming more and more likely that a prenatal blood test will soon be all that’s needed to determine whether or not a child will be born with Down syndrome. In a study published Sunday, researchers in Cyprus…...
By: Teressa G. Reidy, OTR/L This article is reprinted here with permission of the Kennedy Krieger Institute as it appeared on Inspiring Potential – a blog by the staff of Kennedy Krieger. In occupational therapy, much of our success hinges on our…...
[Source: US News and World Report/HealthDay] While the genetic underpinnings of autism are enormously complex, new DNA research is honing in on sets of abnormal genes that may play a role in the disorder. Researchers from the Center for Biomedical Informatics at…...
by Caroline Bowen. The ASHA Leader, 2011 The author aided in the surprise discovery by the film producers of the Logue Family Archive just weeks before film production began. She introduced the film’s researcher to Mark Logue, Lionel’s grandson and custodian of…...
Thank You to our friends at Your Therapy Source for this week’s activity of the week. Learning to cut with scissors is a very complex task. Think of all the control required to actually open and close scissors. You many think just…...
Preliminary Study Shows Safety of Bone Marrow-Derived Stem Cell Transplantation after Traumatic Brain Injury [Source: Newswise] For children with severe traumatic brain injury (TBI), transplantation of stem cells derived from the patients’ own bone marrow is a “logistically feasible and safe” treatment…...
photo by: Peachy Special Thanks to Donna Freeman of Yoga in My School for this week’s Activity of the Week. This game helps attune individuals to all the sounds in their environment. It is wonderfully versatile and can be played with one…...
This is a great site with links to a few excellent online rhyming games including three from Sesame Street. I had to create a blog post with a graphic because there were no good “pinable” images to pin the site directly into…...
[Source: Science Daily.com] Thanks in part to a Norwegian research biobank, researchers have generated important new insight into ADHD and how the condition manifests itself. Among other things, they have found that there is some overlap between ADHD and bipolar disorders with…...
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