Executive function disorder is a challenging behavioral disorder. It can affect a person’s everyday life, making it difficult to complete daily tasks. But treatment options are available for adults with executive dysfunction. These include cognitive behavioral therapy, behavior modifications, medication, and life changes. To answer all your questions about executive function disorder treatment in adults, … Read more
By Daria Costello Dyslexia has long been a generic term, even a terminological catch-all, encompassing a range of classifications, symptoms, and diagnoses. It’s remarkable how much disparity there is in understanding dyslexia and its causes and treatments, despite having been first identified and labeled by doctors in Europe over a century ago.[i] Generally recognized at its … Read more
Asperger’s syndrome is a form of autism. It is an inherited developmental neurological disorder – it can affect areas of development such as memory, attention, language, problem-solving, perception, and social interaction. While the cause of Asperger syndrome (AS) isn’t fully understood, evidence shows a strong genetic connection, with more cases occurring in people with first-degree … Read more
The introduction of wearable assistive technology has vastly improved everyday living for users with disabilities for decades. Whether it’s aural aids for the hard of hearing, glucose monitors for diabetic individuals, or mobility bands for indoor navigation, assistive tech has made the world more accessible to all. Occasionally, the assistive tech space introduces an innovation … Read more
Humankind underwent an unimaginable transformation in the last millennium. The Science Museum of London, England estimates that we communicated using language as much as 100,000 years ago. Historians posit that prior to the development of language, humans communicated through writing. Yet, many brilliant people over the centuries with dysgraphia and writing disabilities prospered, succeeded, and showed … Read more
Dyscalculia, in broad terms, is a life-long learning disability about numbers and arithmetic skills. It is sometimes confused with math anxiety, which has a different pathology, but which often presents in similar ways. This article deals mostly with ‘developmental dyscalculia’, which is distinguishable from ‘acquired dyscalculia’ in that the latter is as a result of … Read more