Types of Disabilities
Below are our 19 articles in the types of disabilities' category:
There are many psychological conditions that may affect a person’s ability to learn. These conditions may not always directly be considered to be a...
In cerebral palsy (CP), the ability to control movement and posture is impaired by damage or faulty development in the brain. Factors that cause CP...
Dyslexia is the most common learning disability among children. Students and adults with dyslexia have difficulty with reading, writing and...
Autism is a disorder that affects both children and adults. It is thought to be as a result of genetic factors that interfere with normal brain...
Down's Syndrome is a genetic condition in which a child is born with 47 chromosomes instead of the usual 46. The extra chromosome almost always...
Fragile-X syndrome is the most common inherited form of mental retardation. It results from a mutation on a single gene. Problems are caused when the...
Dyspraxia is a disorder associated with the area of motor skill development. Dyspraxia is a life-long condition that occurs in about two percent of...
Epilepsy and learning have a strange and interesting connection. The research seems quite clear - epilepsy does not cause learning disabilities. Nor...
Tourette’s Syndrome is a hereditary genetic disorder. It manifests itself as a neuro-behavioural disorder that interferes with bodily movements....
Rett Syndrome is named after Andreas Rett, the paediatric doctor who first described this neurological disorder in 1966. However, the syndrome was...
Semantic Pragmatic Disorder, now more commonly known as Semantic Language Impairment, is a developmental verbal and comprehension learning difficulty...
Velo Cardio Facial Syndrome (VCFS) is a genetic disorder caused by the micro-deletion of a portion of chromosome 22. This disorder is one of the most...
Angelman syndrome is a rare genetic condition, the symptoms of which include severe learning difficulties, jerky movements and a happy disposition....
Asperger's Syndrome is one of a number of autistic spectrum disorders, a lifelong disability that affects the way in which a person interacts and...
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder is a condition that can cause learning disabilities, but can also be misdiagnosed. This article describes the signs,...
Klinefelter's syndrome is a genetic variation that occurs in males. Normally, every person has 46 chromosomes. Two of these 46 are used to determine...
The term 'profound and multiple learning disability' is often used to classify the degree of learning disability in an individual. Here is a quick...
Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS) is a non-hereditary birth defect that results from an abnormality of the 15th chromosome. Physical characteristics of...
Turner Syndrome, or Turner-Ullrich Syndrome, is a genetic abnormality that affects around 1 in 2500 girls. Approximately half of the girls born...
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