Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is characterized by three groups of symptoms: INATTENTION difficulties in maintaining attention during a game or activity difficulties in following instructions and completing school assignments avoiding tasks that require mental effort difficulties with organization forgetting daily activities HYPERACTIVITY fidgeting when sitting getting up often in
Deprivation is the name for muscle weakness that refers to the impossibility or difficulty of performing movements with the absence or weakness of contractions in the affected muscles. Complete deprivation is called paralysis or plegia, and partial deprivation is called paresis. If only one limb or nerve is affected, it
Literacy is the first and most important step towards the emancipation of an individual, and literacy can rightly be called the foundation of education. Literate individuals can achieve success in education and step into adulthood with excellent competencies for employment, which is almost impossible for individuals with poorly developed or
Muscular dystrophies are a group of inherited muscle disorders that lead to muscle weakness of varying severity. The most common are Duchenne's and Becker's muscular dystrophies, which are inherited genetically. People with muscular dystrophy have difficulties in independent movement , when going up or down stairs and when getting up
Multiple sclerosis is a chronic disease of the central nervous system that slows down, hinders or blocks the transmission of nerve impulses between cells through inflammatory processes. Depending on the location and extent of damage to the myelin sheaths of nerves, it can be manifested by different symptoms: problems with
Intellectual disabilities (IT) are defined as a significant limitation in an individual's life, and are characterized by substantially below-average intellectual functioning and deviations in two or more adaptive skills, such as self-care, communication, social skills, functional academic knowledge, free time, etc. . Intellectual difficulties arise before the age of 18
Language is a system of agreed symbols with which people express their needs, thoughts and feelings, while speech is one of the possible means of transmitting these messages. Children and adults can have difficulties in the form of various language and speech disorders that can be classified into one of
What is cerebral palsy? Cerebral palsy (CP) is the most common cause of severe neuromotor abnormalities in children. It refers to a group of persistent but variable movement and/or posture and motor function disorders. It was caused by brain damage that occurred during pregnancy, during and after childbirth, that is,
Rett syndrome is a progressive neurodevelopmental disorder, named after the Austrian doctor who first described it, that almost exclusively affects girls and severely impairs their ability to communicate. The disorder is caused by a gene mutation and is characterized by microcephaly, loss of communication, stereotypical hand movements with loss of
Autism Is A Complex Neurodevelopmental Condition It is characterised by differences in social skills, communication and behaviour.This means that people with Autism experience differences in the way they communicate and interact socially, and their behaviour may be repetitive or highly focussed (the term ‘restricted, repetitive patterns of behaviour’ is often