Pregnancy spacing linked to autism risk, says study
Although nature plays a decisive role, waiting too long or not long enough between subsequent pregnancies could affect autism risk.
Although nature plays a decisive role, waiting too long or not long enough between subsequent pregnancies could affect autism risk.
The study adds to previous reports which suggest that high levels of testosterone during pregnancy may increase the risk of disorders like ADHD and autism in kids.
Samantha Kaspar, a young Filipino-Swiss visual artist, held an auction of her works in a solo exhibit on Saturday, Jan. 28 at the RCBC Plaza in Makati.
“Drowning. That was how I felt many years ago, the first time I heard the word ‘autism.’ I sat in the doctor’s office, gripping my husband’s hands so tightly I left nail marks embedded in them. I nodded deliberately in acquiescence as the understanding that our son will always be different dawned slowly on me. I gasped for breath, choking back the tears that would not stop falling.”—Jennifer O. Cuaycong, “Hope Floats”
Considered among the “new” morbidities in medical circles, developmental disorders are rising in prevalence, and can be particularly challenging because they are often hereditary and lifelong conditions, which may be potentially debilitating and life-altering when left unaddressed.
Programs for children with mild special learning needs can help them transition to a regular curriculum later on.
With light strokes and several flicks of a brush, 24-year-old Vico Cham deftly dabs a thin coat of paint on a piña cloth, exclaiming “Got it!” every
A proud moment for 20 year old Jose Canoy…. officially opening his family’s new café in the Manila suburb of Quezon City.
MANILA, Philippines— Guided by a therapist and cue cards, Jose Canoy carefully removed a waffle from the griddle, turned off the waffle maker and asked for a serving
Twenty-year-old José Aloysius Canoy, born an autistic child, stopped attending traditional school when he was in Grade 5. His family no longer saw the need to put him in a place where he was expected to master topics that would be of no use to him. Neither was he interested.
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