Empty nest syndrome refers to the experience that parents endure such as‚ sadness‚ depression‚ or grief when their children come to the age to leave their childhood home. This may transpire when children get married or attend college. Men are less likely than women to be affected. This may be due to the fact that when children leave the home; mothers are undergoing considerable life events in addition‚ for example caring for elderly parents or menopause. Nonetheless‚ men may experience comparable
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Asperger syndrome is a disability which is similar to autism‚ where people see the world in a different perspective and interact with others differently. You are born with the syndrome and have it for life as there are no cure or treatment to this disability‚ however are series of strategies and approaches to help the people. What are the main difficulties that people with Asperger syndrome encounter? People with Asperger syndrome‚ have resembling difficulties as people with Autism‚ such as having
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The bottle Syndrome: Learn what to watch! Many children acquire a bad habit to drink their milk in the bottle and immediately after sleep without having washed their teeth. As explains pediatrician Dr. Spyros Mazanis‚ mothers succumb to this "requirement" child of ignorance in order not to lose the habit to drink their evening milk. Of course not excluded that this practice is and during the daily meals accompanied by sleep. This habit can cause serious and irreversible damage to the milk teeth
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Everyone knows about Autism‚ and Down syndrome‚ and mental retardation‚ but why not savant syndrome? Well actually most of you have heard about it. You have all heard of Kim Peek‚ or at least sort of. Kim is an autistic savant with eidetic memory (the ability to recall images‚ sounds‚ or objects in memory with great accuracy
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bring you down? Well‚ chances are‚ you’re probably a victim of the worst aspects of Australian Identity‚ the Tall Poppy Syndrome. When it comes to Australian society‚ everyone perceives that there is this infinite amount of admiration that goes out to our nation’s stardom and achievers. But this is honestly not the case. Even though we don’t like to admit it‚ Tall Poppy Syndrome has been ingrained in the average national personality ever since white British settlers arrived on the stolen land that
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Fragile X syndrome is a genetic disorder that affects a person from birth. Fragile X syndrome can differ from case to case in the severity of the disorder. Many people that suffer from Fragile X have long‚ narrow faces‚ large ears‚ and tend to be double jointed. Fragile X‚ whether you have the syndrome or not‚ affects the everyday lives of many. There are many things that people can do to support people with Fragile X and make it easier for individuals that suffer from this disorder to cope with
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Twin to Twin Transfusion Syndrome Learn about TTTS. 5/9/2008 Jesselle Davis Twin to Twin Transfusion Syndrome April 28‚ 2008 Jesselle Davis When most people think of someone being pregnant with twins they think “Oh how cute‚ what a blessing!” or something among those lines and you have your few that give you this shocking look of pity and think “Oh my God‚ GOODLUCK!”‚ but no one has a clue exactly how delicate and stressful carrying identical twin babies can be. When I found
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Sjogren syndrome is a chronic‚ slowly progressive‚ inflammatory autoimmune disorder characterized by dryness of the mouth and eyes. This autoimmune illness features inflammation in the lacrimal and parotid glands. The inflammation in the lacrimal gland leads to decreased water production for tears‚ causing dry eyes. The inflammation in the parotid leads to decreased saliva production in the mouth‚ causing dry mouth and dry lips. The two distinct forms of Sjogren syndrome are primary and secondary
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In this article‚ Asperger syndrome is defined as “a pervasive disorder…characterized by deficits in social interaction and display of repetitive behavior.” Asperger syndrome was added to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manuel of Mental Disorders in 1994 and is included as part of autism spectrum disorder‚ though children that have Asperger syndrome do not display the language or cognitive delays that are seen in children with autism spectrum disorder. Children may be referred for evaluation if an
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Introduction Autism is “a developmental disorder that is characterized by impaired development in communication‚ social interaction‚ and behavior‚” (Dryden-Edwards‚ 2010). However‚ savant syndrome is a very rare form of autism that “occurs when a person with below normal intelligence displays a special talent or ability in a specific area‚” (Davidson‚ 2012). The criteria for DSM-IV is “organized into three categories of symptoms‚ conceptually approximating Wing and Gould’s (1979) triad of impairment:
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