Bad Apples on the Family Tree

The news that a child in the family is autistic is most often met with a number of reactions. While all family members, even extended, would be supportive in an ideal world, the sad truth is that many are disgusted or disappointed. Does a family member scold the autistic child often? Does he or she look at your autistic child unfairly? Does this family member insist on treating your autistic child the same way he or she treats all the other...

Bottles of Pills: Medication Options for Autistic Patients

As with any illness, disease, or disorder, there are a number of medicine options available to help control these symptoms. It is important to remember that none of these medications will "cure" autism; they simply help control some of the effects of the disorder. There are advantages and disadvantages to each drug, as they all have side effects as well as benefits. When choosing medicines to effectively...

You may seen plenty of people who have feet in which the second toe is longer than the big toe. This is sometimes referred to as Morton's syndrome foot ( named after Dr Dudley J Morton in the 1930s and is in fact fairly common. So what causes this and how can it be treated and is it preventable?

* Causes

For once we can desist from blaming a foot condition on ill-fitting shoes. Instead we need to look towards genetic factors. You cannot always tell just by looking that you...

Aerophagia is defined as a condition when a person swallows too much air. This air is usually goes to the stomach. People with Aerophagia are believed to have excessive belches due to air swallowing. You probably also heard terms like constant or chronic belching or burping. These conditions are closely related to aerophagia but not necessarily caused by it.
Since chronic burping (or some called it excessive belching) happened to me several times I always was curious why the heck...

After sustaining flood damage earlier this year, Bethany Baptist Church in Pwllgwaun, Wales, underwent extensive repair and refurbishment. The work includes a Prestige platform lift from movemanSKG, which runs between the ground floor and basement vestry. It provides a valuable access route for wheelchair users.

Bethany Baptist Church is over one hundred years old and is an important part of the Pwllgwaun village community. In addition to Sunday and midweek services, it...

Ottery St. Mary Primary School in Devon takes the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) very seriously. It has modified its premises to improve wheelchair access by installing two movemanSKG platform lifts , despite not having any disabled children currently attending.

Head Teacher Doug Rylance explains; “Although there are no wheelchair users enrolled at Ottery St Mary Primary School at the moment, this could change at any time. We offer the same high standards of...

I first realized I wasn’t my normal self towards the Christmas holidays...I'd just finished school and during my GCSE's I'd contracted a virus known as glandular fever which seems to be quite a popular trigger for M.E/CFS (Myalgic Encephalopathy/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome)

...I was studying Animal Management at Sparsholt college in Winchester. During early November I began falling asleep during class, which at first I thought was just the sudden adjustment to full time...

Taking a shower after a hip prosthesis is removed due to a staph infection or wear and tear can be a daunting task. Typically one cannot put more than 25% of one’s weight on the affected side because there is no real hip joint, just a spacer.

Even though we have two bathrooms, one has a regular bath tub, and the other has a stall shower with a step-over wall, about 6” high. To get in and out of either requires lifting the effected leg and putting full weight on it...

There are many benefits of chiropractic care. If you are considering seeking out this type of treatment, there are many reasons why it can and should be done. Those that find themselves with problems with their body often do not realize that chiropractic care can often relieve these problems when other medicinal options will not. Often times, it is necessary to seek out the help of a chiropractor if relief will be found.

What Can They Do For Me?

There are many...