Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

ADHD and Creativity: Are People with ADHD More Creative?

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder(ADHD) is a child psychiatric disorder of inattention, impulsivity, and hyperactivity. In the traditional education system, children with ADHD often face challenges because they may feel uncomfortable sitting still on a chair and listening to lectures. However, outside of the academic world, there are a lot of positive aspects and strengths associated […]

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Speech and Language Impairments in Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a disorder that is behaviorally diagnosed and characterised by deficits in social communication and restricted and repetitive patterns of behaviour. Children with ASD often face challenges with speech and language disorders such as topic maintenance, greetings and farewells, appropriate turn-taking, and conversational repair strategies. This means that when parents bring

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ADHD and Driving: The RisK And The Safety Tips

Adults and teens with ADHD have many challenges with inattentiveness and distractibility while driving. Studies suggest that ADHD can put individuals at a higher risk of car accidents. This is because the untreated symptoms of ADD/ADHD in an adult driver can impair the driver’s ability to drive in such a way that it resembles intoxicated

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Gluten-free Casein-free Diets For Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)

As we know, people with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are prone to having gastrointestinal discomfort such as bloating, diarrhoea, constipation, and gastroesophageal reflux.  Therefore, many studies investigate whether the intervention of a specific diet can help relieve their gastrointestinal symptoms and even address their core symptoms such as restrictive and repetitive behaviour or social withdrawal.

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Social Media and ASD: The Benefits and Challenges

Social media can broadly be defined as a group of emerging online media that facilitate social interaction; these platforms encompass internet applications such as social networking websites, online forums, and virtual gaming. They have added another dimension to communication, interaction, and connection with others and are well integrated into our lives. The accessibility, availability and

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Nutritional and Diet for ADHD

Attention-deficit /hyperactivity disorder(ADHD) is a developmental disorder consisting of difficulties with attention, distractibility, impulsivity and altered executive functions. It is a multifaceted syndrome related to genetic, environmental, and psychosocial factors. Nutrition and diet is considered an important factor in neurodevelopment. Therefore, doctors, nutritionists and dieticians have proposed some dietary interventions for ADHD to address the

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