Disability is defined as the lack of developmental, physical, sensory, emotional, cognitive, mental skills. Any impairment to the normal living conditions is known as an disability. It can be as complex as the disabilities of the mind or as simple as losing a limb. Disabilities have one thing in common; they will make the disabled… [Continue Reading]
Attitude of Society Towards the Disabled
December 7, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Society has not been fair to disabled people. This process of unfair treatment towards disabled people has been going on since ages where disabled people have been considered incapable of living a normal life. They are not allowed to marked decision on their own and treated like a patient all their lives. In the middle… [Continue Reading]
Cognitive Skills Degrading Disability
December 6, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Dementia is termed to a series of diseases that have a serious negative effect on the persons cognitive skills. Cognitive skills involves the process of processing of various information such as language, association, memory, action, attention, emotions, problem solving, mental imagery and perception of time and depth. It is common in older people in the… [Continue Reading]
Learning Disabilities
November 22, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Is your child falling behind other children is school? Does she have a hard time understanding simple concepts? Does she remember thing now and forgets it later during tests? If your answer to these questions was yes, then your child certainly might have some or the other kind of learning disability. People with learning disabilities… [Continue Reading]
Families Dealing With Bi-Polar
November 21, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Image via Wikipedia Suffering from bi-polar disorder is difficult for the patient. Being a parent with the disorder can make it much harder on the children than on yourself. While there are no assisted living facilities to help family cope with the disease, there is often a need for professional help. Children, especially those at… [Continue Reading]
Different Kinds of Learning Disabilities
November 20, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Learning disability is among the largest mental disorders found in people. About 17% of the working American population suffers from some kind of learning disability. This is an alarming number considering that there is no cure and no way to either prevent these disabilities. Hence the only possible solution that the people with disability have… [Continue Reading]
Short Term Memory
November 17, 2010 By Leave a Comment
People who can not recall what happened a few seconds ago or even a day ago might be suffering from short term memory disorder. This is a serious disability which comes in various levels depending on the capacity and the time interval of recall. People with this disability have a very short capacity for holding… [Continue Reading]