About Cochlear Implant Myth: Cochlear Implant means brain surgery. Facts: The electrodes go into the Cochlea (Inner Ear), not the brain. Never and nowhere there is any contact or uncovering or exposure or touch with the brains. For the internal part of the CI a small depression is made in the mastoid for the housing [...]
Myths of the month October 2010
On October - 1 - 2010
Myths about people with ADHD Myth 1: ADHD isn’t a real medical disorder, they are just stupid or lazy and have bad manners. Other than children with a “difficult behavior” ADHD is recognized as a legitimate diagnosis of a medical disorder by national institutes of Health and of Education. The Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, an attention-deficit [...]
Myths of the month September 2010
On September - 18 - 2010
About how autistic people are compared with others Myth 1: People with “mild” autismAutism is a disorder of neural development characterized by impaired social interaction and communication, and by restricted and repetitive behavior. These signs all begin before a child is three years old. Autism affects information processing in the brain by altering how nerve [...]
Myth of June, July and August 2010:
On June - 15 - 2010
your child’s holyday months. Some tips to have together with your child nice holiday’s Summer holydays are a terrible time for the child with special needs and for us as family. My child lacks the discipline and routine and the care and expertise of the structured special education environment. And at home it will misbehave, [...]
