Helping Transgender People Find Their Voice
Speech therapist Wendy Chase helps transgender people make their voices sound like their gender identity. She says how people communicate affects how they are perceived. (Source: NPR Health and Science)
Source: NPR Health and Science - July 23, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Family and community predictors of comorbid language, socioemotional and behavior problems at school entry - Hughes N, Sciberras E, Goldfeld S.
OBJECTIVES: To identify the prevalence and family and community-level predictors of comorbid speech-language difficulties and socioemotional and behavioral (SEB) difficulties across a population of children at school entry. METHODS: The School Entr... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - July 19, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Age: Infants and Children Source Type: news
Best Plan For Autism Starts With Behavioral Therapy
Although there is no cure for autism, various interventions can help diminish the symptoms, sometimes profoundly. Since both social and communication differences are part of the diagnosis, behavioral and speech language therapy are typically the foundation of intervention. But one challenge in planning, and a stress for parents, is that no single educational plan works for all children.
From a research point of view, the most proven approach for children with autism remains behavioral therapy. While behavioral intervention sometimes seems meant only for overly rambunctious children who act out, that's not the case. I...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - July 8, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Speech-language pathology in acute pediatric chemical or button battery ingestion injury - Follent AM, Rumbach AF, Ward EC, Dodrill P, Lewindon P.
We describe patterns of early PO intake, and referral to speech-langu... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - May 28, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Age: Infants and Children Source Type: news
Observations From Below: Transitioning Into College
One of the first things I learned graduating high school and going to college, was that college requires a lot more responsibilities and work. In high school, you may have had a whole support group behind you, such as physical therapists, occupational therapists, speech therapists, etc. In college, you're on your own to find the help you need, even if you don't know what that need is yet. The following are a few tips to assist in your quest for higher education.
Start early. I started visiting colleges during my sophomore year of high school. Make sure to get an appointment with the disability services (this term g...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - May 27, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Speech-language pathologists can help kids who struggle to read
(University of the Pacific) Classroom teachers may not employ the strategies that can help students master complex written language, according to speech-language pathology researchers at University of the Pacific. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - May 25, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Stroke victims abandoned after they leave hospital as experts attack aftercare
A report, based on interviews with 1,200 stroke patients in England, reveals that many are left without the physiotherapy, speech therapy and rehabilitation they need to rebuild their lives. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - May 17, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Hear me roar: A mother hunts down answers for her son
If it’s true that raising boys is not for the fainthearted, then Nicole Laws is truly lionhearted. A nurturer and a protector, beautiful and strong, this mother of four boys will hunt down the best solution to a problem … no matter what stands in her way.
Mason was born on Jan. 28, 2011, in Syracuse, New York. A month premature, he struggled with eating and breathing, but Nicole wasn’t overly worried. “This was our fourth child. The first three had reflux, so I was thinking, ‘This will be a piece of cake!’” Mason was observed for a few days at the local hospital and sent home.
Unfortunately, Mason’s issues ...
Source: Thrive, Children's Hospital Boston - May 10, 2016 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Jenny Fernandez Tags: Diseases & Conditions Our Patients’ Stories Center for Airway Disorders Dr. John Lee Dr. Rachel Rosen Dr. Reza Rahbar Dr. Umakanth Khatwa laryngeal cleft Source Type: news
Management of persistent cognitive symptoms after sport-related concussion - Sohlberg MM, Ledbetter AK.
PURPOSE: This case review examines treatments speech-language pathologists at our clinic delivered to middle school, high school, and college students for the management of persistent cognitive symptoms after sport-related concussion. The goal is to examin... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - May 3, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Playing Ping Pong with Disability
Table tennis players train at Majd Sports. Majd Sports is a recreational centre catering for people with disabilities in Ramallah, occupied West Bank. Credit: Silvia Boarini/IPSBy Silvia BoariniRAMALLAH, Occupied West Bank, Apr 28 2016 (IPS)Despite formally adopting progressive laws, such as Law Number 4, and ratifying the UN Convention on the Rights of People with Disability, Palestinian authorities still struggle to get beyond rhetoric when it comes to supporting the 7 to 11 per cent of the population that is affected by disability. As the ongoing Israeli military occupation of the West Bank and Gaza continues to block ...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - April 28, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Silvia Boarini Tags: Active Citizens Armed Conflicts Civil Society Featured Global Geopolitics Headlines Health Human Rights Middle East & North Africa Population Source Type: news
Perfect Piece to the Puzzle
Every year more and more families are getting the news that a loved one is on the autism spectrum. While at first, the news can be overwhelming, scary, and send you on an emotional rollercoaster, over time families learn the best ways to proceed and provide the best care. April is the national month for autism awareness, blue has become the main color associated with the awareness, along with the beloved puzzle piece. I wanted to write this piece because autism has been a very big part of my family. I have seen firsthand what this disorder can do to families and all of those affected. My younger brother is on the spe...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - April 11, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
New Understanding and Hope for Children on the Autism Spectrum: Based in Brain and Movement Sciences
This study for Fast ForWord was a national U.S. field trial. Another study 452 students had similar findings; M.M.Merzenich et al 1999. Fast ForWord training in children with low reading performance. Nederlandse Vereniging voor Lopopedie en Foniatrie: 1999 Jaarcongres Auditieve Vaardigheden en Spraak-taal. [ Proceedings of the 1999 Nederlands Annual Speech-Language Association Meeting] Merzenich's team began to hear that Fast ForWord was having a number of spillover effects on eg. Handwriting, attention and focus, i.e., it led to some general improvements in mental processing. Doidge, N. 2007. The Brain that Changes Itsel...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - March 31, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Lyrica Plus Speech Therapy May Help in Chronic Cough (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- Benecial effects continued for at least 4 weeks after cessation of pregabalin (Source: MedPage Today Pulmonary)
Source: MedPage Today Pulmonary - March 28, 2016 Category: Respiratory Medicine Source Type: news
Microcephaly: Alainah’s story
Sixteen-month-old Alainah Therrien of Cape Cod was probably never exposed to the Zika virus. But she has a smaller-than-normal head and was diagnosed with microcephaly even before she was born.
“I was told when I was 24 weeks pregnant that we would have a daughter who was mentally retarded,” recounts her mother Melissa.
Melissa’s labor was induced at 36 weeks because Alainah had stopped growing. After Alainah was born, a tiny 5 pounds, Melissa saw the word microcephaly for the first time on the bottom of a medical form. The pediatrician didn’t know what microcephaly was, but thought perhaps the bones of Alainah’s...
Source: Thrive, Children's Hospital Boston - March 21, 2016 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Nancy Fliesler Tags: Diseases & Conditions Our Patients’ Stories Research Brain Development and Genetics Clinic Dr. Ganeshwaran Mochida Dr. Jeffrey Neil microcephaly Source Type: news
Rehabilitation utilization following a work-related traumatic brain injury: a sex-based examination of workers' compensation claims in Victoria, Australia - Guerriero EN, Smith PM, Stergiou-Kita M, Colantonio A.
OBJECTIVES: To report on and examine differences in the use of four types of rehabilitation services (occupational therapy, physiotherapy, psychology, and speech therapy) by men and women following a work-related traumatic brain injury in Victoria, Austral... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 19, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
