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Study Links Folic Acid to Lower Autism Risk

February 13, 2013

15 February 2013, Autism, News of the Week, Newsletter

[Source: USA Today] Women who took folic acid supplements before and during pregnancy were about 40% less likely to have a baby later diagnosed with autism, according to a new study. Women who took folic acid supplements before and during pregnancy were…...

February 12, 2013

15 February 2013, Newsletter, OT, Tip or Resource

Thank You to Barbara Smith of the Recycling OT for posting this great idea from the Play Counts blog, on her Facebook page. Use “sticky bubbles” for this activity! Great for visual planning, visual tracking, proprioception, cooperation, self control, muscle control and…...

February 12, 2013

15 February 2013, Book Review, Newsletter, Paralysis

[Source: The Daily Dose – The Blog of the Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation] by Rob Gerth I read a wonderful new book last week to my 8-year-old son that we both loved — Mystic. It’s about a teen girl who is…...

February 11, 2013

15 February 2013, App Review, Gross Motor Skills, Newsletter

Thanks to Your Therapy Source for this excellent app review! If you follow this blog at all you know I am always on the look out for apps that get kids and adults moving. I have been use this free Tabata Timer…...

February 11, 2013

15 February 2013, Literacy, News, Newsletter, Parental Involvement

Thank you to Reading Rockets for recommending this story! [Source: Washington Post] Is parent involvement in school really useful? It’s one of those things in education that everybody takes for granted: parent involvement is good and necessary. But is it, and if…...

February 11, 2013

15 February 2013, News, Newsletter

[Source: Science Daily ] Western babies are potty trained later these days and need diapers until an average of three years of age. But even infants can be potty trained. A study by researchers at Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden, followed…...

February 11, 2013

15 February 2013, Autism, News of the Week, Newsletter

[Source: Medical News Today] A special blood marker has been found enabling further understanding of potential gut linked environmental factors to autism. The results could create blood tests for early screening of the condition. The findings came from a clinical study by…...

February 8, 2013

8 February 2013, Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, News of the Week, Newsletter

[Source: Science Daily] Jacob Rutt is a bright 11-year-old who likes to draw detailed maps in his spare time. But the budding geographer has a hard time with physical skills most children take for granted ― running and climbing trees are beyond…...

February 7, 2013

8 February 2013, News, Newsletter

[Source: Medical News Today] The number of congenital anomalies, or birth defects arising from multiple births has almost doubled since the 1980s, suggests a new study published in BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. The study investigates how the change…...

February 7, 2013

8 February 2013, News, Newsletter

[Source: Speech Buddies.com] For children who are born and live in high altitude regions, researchers have discovered a link between extreme altitudes and developmental delays. This may lead to an increased need for speech therapy techniques and practitioners in the affected areas.…...