Planned Actions Improve the Way We Process Information

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[30/01/2012] Researchers of the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) have shown that using a grabbing action with our hands can help our processing of visual information. Planned Actions Improve the Way We Process Information - read more

Mother of a Multiple Handicapped Son: „One Should Not Hide at Home“

No matter whether it is basketball or musicals – the son of Ulrike Putze gets enthusiastic about big events of every kind. So she tries to allow him visiting such events over and over again. Nothing unusual? Maybe at least a little bit: Tim is bound to a wheelchair on account of a multiple disability. Mother of a Multiple Handicapped Son: „One Should Not Hide at Home“ - read more

Household Income Level not Associated with Intellectual Disability

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[28/09/2011] New research shows that the presence or absence of intellectual disability (ID) and autism spectrum disorders (ASD) varies with risk factors such as gender, parental age, maternal ethnicity, and maternal level of education.  Household Income Level not Associated with Intellectual Disability - read more

Dyslexia Linked to Difficulties in Perceiving Rhythmic Patterns in Music

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[13/07/2011] In a new study, researchers at Cambridge have shown, using a music task, that this is linked to a broader difficulty in perceiving rhythmic patterns, or metrical structure. Dyslexia Linked to Difficulties in Perceiving Rhythmic Patterns in Music - read more

Professor Honored for Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research

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[20/06/2011] Joanne Wilkinson tried to improve the changing face of medicine for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Now she has been honored with an award for this. Professor Honored for Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research - read more

Association for Friendships: „We Want to Promote Social Competence and Diminish Fears of Contact“

Cooking together, dancing and playing football – this works best with good friends. To make all this also possible for people with mental handicaps, the association “Best Buddies” finds friends for them. After that, they meet each other regularly or write e-mails – for at least one year. Association for Friendships: „We Want to Promote Social Competence and Diminish Fears of Contact“ - read more

The ASO-Kids-Band: "Suddenly She Caught the Microphone and Began to Talk"

Music encourages. This proves the cool ASO-Kids-Band from Langenstein in Austria. Pupils with grave physical handicaps as well as behavioural and learning difficulties together with their teachers are the stars of the ASO-Kids-Band. The ASO-Kids-Band: "Suddenly She Caught the Microphone and Began to Talk" - read more

Autism and Mental Impairment Genetically Conditioned

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[23/06/2010] Researchers have discovered previously unknown mutations in autistic and mentally impaired patients in what is known as the SHANK2 gene, a gene that is partially responsible for linking nerve cells. Autism and Mental Impairment Genetically Conditioned - read more

People with a Learning Disability: "A Lack of Expert Knowledge Prevents Right Treatment“

In Germany, people normally relate the occurrence of a 2-class system in healthcare to the different treatment of patients with a statutory health insurance and a private health insurance. But there is more to it. Another 2-class system exists concerned with medical treatment of people with a learning disability compared to those without. People with a Learning Disability: "A Lack of Expert Knowledge Prevents Right Treatment“ - read more

Topic of the Month May: Childhood Differently - Parents with Learning Difficulties

Two lines appear on the test strip. You are pregnant! What happens next, is something particularly women with learning difficulties are asking themselves. For them, such a change is not an easy one. How mother and child can live happily with each other despite the mental disability and how the offspring deals with this, is our Topic of the Month May. Topic of the Month May: Childhood Differently - Parents with Learning Difficulties - read more

Children of Mentally Disabled Parents: “They Perceive Their Childhood as Normal“

People with mental disabilities are often labeled as “eternal children.” When they become parents, their environment challenges whether they are up to the task. Dietke Sanders, a graduate psychologist, investigated the situation of children with mentally disabled parents in her research project. REHACARE.de talked to her about reversed roles and proud children. Children of Mentally Disabled Parents: “They Perceive Their Childhood as Normal“ - read more

Children of Mentally Disabled Parents: “They Perceive Their Childhood as Normal“

People with mental disabilities are often labeled as “eternal children.” When they become parents, their environment challenges whether they are up to the task. Dietke Sanders, a graduate psychologist, investigated the situation of children with mentally disabled parents in her research project. REHACARE.de talked to her about reversed roles and proud children. Children of Mentally Disabled Parents: “They Perceive Their Childhood as Normal“ - read more

Not Without My Son

Becoming a mother is not hard, but being a mother is very hard. Especially for women with a mental disability, parenthood doesn’t come easy. In order for them to successfully master every day life with a child, they can apply a concept which is especially tailored to fit them: Facilitated Parenthood. Not Without My Son - read more

Not Without My Son

Becoming a mother is not hard, but being a mother is very hard. Especially for women with a mental disability, parenthood doesn’t come easy. In order for them to successfully master every day life with a child, they can apply a concept which is especially tailored to fit them: Facilitated Parenthood. Not Without My Son - read more

Not Without My Son

Becoming a mother is not hard, but being a mother is very hard. Especially for women with a mental disability, parenthood doesn’t come easy. In order for them to successfully master every day life with a child, they can apply a concept which is especially tailored to fit them: Facilitated Parenthood. Not Without My Son - read more