asbergers Articles
TANTRUM OR DISORDER If you've had the privilege of dealing with a strong-willed twice-exceptional child, chances are you've wondered during an outburst, "Is this normal" The new edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual in the U.S. has now added a new disorder di... Read more
2e TRY OPERA. The University of British Columbia is studying why gifted students with learning disabilities seem to excel in the university's "demanding" opera program, according to the CBC. One goal of the study is to improve education in any field. A study co-author gives what ... Read more
ADDERALL FOR FINALS WEEK is the subject of an article by an M.D. writing for the Huffington Post. Turns out the mother of a young patient of his wanted him to prescribe Adderall so the young man could do better on his finals. The doctor declined, and very eloquently explains the ... Read more
AUTISM, ADHD COMORBIDITY. The Kennedy Krieger Institute says that about one third of children with autism also display symptoms of ADHD. What's more, the combination seems to lead to increased impairment in several areas of functioning, more impairment than is found in children w... Read more
ADHD AND SLEEP. The brains of children with ADHD appear not to consolidate emotional memories during sleep as well as the brains of typically developing children, according to a study reported at HealthDay.com. HealthDay says, "This deficit in sleep-related emotional process... Read more
STIMULANT MEDS, DRUG ABUSE -- no link. That's the conclusion of a recently published study. Meds like Ritalin apparently do not correlate positively or negatively to later abuse of alcohol, marijuana, or cocaine. Find out more at The New York Times or at Science Daily.SLEEP IN AD... Read more
LD AS A GIFT. "You see and learn differently from the other kids. But different is good. This is your gift, even if it doesn't feel like it." A long time ago, that's what a special ed teacher told a young man who had difficulty reading. He remembered it, but wasn't sure... Read more
WHY FRENCH KIDS DON'T HAVE ADHD is the title of an article that appeared in Psychology Today a while back, but which we just discovered. Thanks, BRB. The article notes that only .5 percent -- five tenths of a percent -- of kids in France are diagnosed with ADHD and medicated. The... Read more
ONE IN FIVE KIDS suffers from some sort of mental disorder, according to the US Center for Disease Control, at a cost of 247 billion per year to society. The leading disorders in terms of prevalence are ADHD, ODD, depression, anxiety, and ASD. Causes for the increased rate of chi... Read more
HELICOPTER PARENTING. A couple recent studies show that more parental involvement in certain ways can limit a child's success in terms of achievement or satisfaction. The overall guideline, according to an article on the subject, "is that our help has to be responsive to the... Read more
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