Article Title: You Are Not Alone – For Parents When They Learn That Their Child Has a Disability
Author: Patricia McGill Smith
Date of Publication: October 11, 2010
“If you have recently learned that your child has a developmental delay or a disability (which may or may not be completely defined), this message may be for you. It is written from the personal perspective of a parent who has shared this experience and all that goes with it.”
A Spanish-language translation of Virginia Cover’s essential guidebook, “Living with Klinefelter Syndrome (47,XXY) Trisomy X (47,XXX) and 47,XYY: A Guide for Families and Individuals Affected by Extra X and Y Chromosomes,” is available as a FREE download.
Una traducción en español del libro guía esencial de Virginia Cover, “Living with Klinefelter Syndrome (47,XXY) Trisomy X (47,XXX) and 47,XYY: A Guide for Families and Individuals Affected by Extra X and Y Chromosomes,” está disponible como una descarga gratuita.
Article Title: Exercising the Mind to Treat Attention Deficits
Author: Daniel Goleman
Date of Publication: May 12, 2014
“Now a growing stream of research suggests that strengthening this mental muscle, usually with exercises in so-called mindfulness, may help children and adults cope with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and its adult equivalent, attention deficit disorder.”
Author: Robert Lowes
Date of Publication: July 15, 2013
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today approved the first brain-wave test to help diagnose attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in children and adolescents aged 6 to 17 years, the agency announced.
Article Title: ‘Striking’ Impact of Bullying on Teens’ Mental, Physical Health
Author: Deborah Brauser
Date of Publication: February 17, 2014
Long-term and current bullying can have serious consequences for adolescents’ physical and mental health, new research suggests.
Article Title: Club helps teens learn how to mix and mingle
Author: Erin Grace
Date of Publication: February 10, 2014
“Welcome to Central Mixer. It’s a social skills club catering to students who have struggled to fit in. Some club members deal with impairments that are not always obvious, such as autism, a developmental disorder characterized by communication difficulties.”
Article Title: Video Game ‘Addiction’ More Likely With Autism, ADHD
Author: Serena Gordon
Date of Publication: July 29, 2013
“Study cites poor peer relationships as one reason these kids embrace gaming.
Boys with autism or attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder are more at risk of addictive video game use than typically developing boys, according to new research.”
The National Center for Learning Disabilities has published an ebook called “Executive Function 101.” This e-book is designed to explain executive functions in a clear, understandable way and to help parents pinpoint the struggles their child might experience. It’s organized into three broad categories where executive skills come into play: learning; behavior and emotions; and social situations and relationships. Each section includes tips for providing support and practice in specific skill areas.
Article Title: The Sexual Politics of Autism
Author: Virginia Hughes
Date of Publication: July 14, 2014
“Imagine you walked down the street and asked random people what autism is. What would they say? My guess: They’d talk about social skills, and the rising prevalence, and probably the vaccine nonsense. And they’d almost certainly mention that it happens to boys.
The idea that autism is a mostly male disorder is pervasive in the news, pop culture, and scientific circles. And it’s not just an academic curiosity. Last year a popular fertility clinic in Sydney, Australia, reported that about five percent of couples went through in vitro fertilization just so they could select a female embryo and thus lower the kid’s risk of developing autism.
The sex skew in autism is real: A diagnosis of autism is almost five times more common in 8-year-old boys than in 8-year-old girls, according to the latest statistics from the CDC.”
Article Title: Anatomic magnetic resonance imaging of the developing child and adolescent brain and effects of genetic variation
Authors: J.N. Giedd, M. Stockman, C. Weddle, M. Liverpool, A. Alexander-Bloch, G.L. Wallace, N.R. Lee, F. Lalonde, R.K. Lenroot
Date of Publication: November 11, 2010
“Magnetic resonance imaging studies have begun to map effects of genetic variation on trajectories of brain development. Longitudinal studies of children and adolescents demonstrate a general pattern of childhood peaks of gray matter followed by adolescent declines, functional and structural increases in connectivity and integrative processing, and a changing balance between limbic/subcortical and frontal lobe functions, which extends well into young adulthood. Twin studies have demonstrated that genetic factors are responsible for a significant amount of variation in pediatric brain morphometry.”
