Panic attacks can make a person feel detached from reality. This is because the intensity of the anxiety can overtake other senses.If the person has recurring panic attacks, they can carry a specific familiar object to help ground them. This may be something like a smooth stone, a seashell, a small toy, or a hair clip...
A few things to note about seizure prevention
Seizure prevention and epilepsy management depend on taking your prescribed medications as well as maintaining an overall healthy lifestyle. Consider the following measures to discuss with a healthcare professional...
Getting to know the child you are trying to teach
Spend time with the child. Given your background research and reading up, you will have gained a good insight into what the child likes/dislikes. Start off by observing the child by waiting in the background. This will help you get to know his/her facial expressions...
What are seizures?
Sometimes no one sees the beginning of a seizure. For example, someone may wake up in the middle of the night and observe their partner having a seizure...
How to Tell If You Have Anxiety: 10 Signs and Symptoms
These particular symptoms can be quite severe and paralyzing. A feeling that something bad is about to happen, or is in the process of happening, can sometimes appear out of nowhere. According to the American Psychological Association...
Child with Speech Delay
Mental retardation is the most common cause of speech delay, accounting for more than 50 percent of cases.8 A mentally retarded child demonstrates global language delay and also has delayed auditory comprehension and delayed use of gestures...
Sports and Children with Special Needs
Just about any sport or activity can be altered to give children with special needs the cardiovascular, flexibility, and strength-training benefits that allow kids to stay healthy and fit. Children in wheelchairs, for instance, can play basketball or tennis...
Making Social Media More Accessible to People with Disabilities
Due to social media infrastructure accessibility limitations, it is strongly recommended to use more than one social media channel for any single campaign. This will prevent reliance on one platform providing a completely accessible experience, as at present none do...
6 Ways to Deal with Your Child’s Aggressive Behavior
Your child’s behavior may have an underlying cause that needs attention. ADHD, anxiety, undiagnosed learning disabilities and autism can all create problems with aggressive behavior...
What is accessibility?
Accessibility is the practice of making your websites usable by as many people as possible. We traditionally think of this as being about people with disabilities, but the practice of making sites accessible also benefits other groups such as those using mobile devices, or those with slow network connections...