Parkinson’s disorder is a neurodegenerative disorder that primarily affects movement. However, this neurodegenerative disorder is rare in young adults, and normally appears in adults aged…
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Depression and Tourette’s Syndrome
Depression is one of the most common mood disorders in the United States that affects all ages. There are several different kinds of depressive disorders…
Lewy Body Dementia
Lewy body dementia (LBD) is the second most common form of dementia after Alzheimer’s disease dementia (Lewy body dementia – Symptoms and causes ). LBG…
Tic Disorder in Media
There are three main types of tic disorder which are Tourette’s syndrome (TS), persistent (chronic) motor or vocal tic disorder, and provisional tic disorder. TS…
What is Neuropathy?
Neuropathy, or peripheral neuropathy, results from damaged or dysfunctioning nerves. It is also commonly known as peripheral neuropathy because it can damage your peripheral nervous…
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
When some people hear of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), they think of the unfortunate passing of theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking in 2018. Hawking’s death was…
Sleep Disorders and Parkinson’s Disease
Parkinson’s disease is a neurodegenerative disorder that gradually affects the nervous system and an individual’s overall movement. The age of onset for Parkinson’s is typically…
What is Spinal Muscular Atrophy?
Approximately one in 10,000 live births have a case of Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) (Lunn & Wang, 2020). Unfortunately, despite being the leading genetic cause…
Adjusting to Online Learning During the Pandemic for Students with Autism
As of spring 2020, school closures due to the coronavirus pandemic have affected at least 55.1 million students in both public and private schools across…
Fine Motor Control and Tic Disorder
It is difficult enough for parents to receive phone calls from teachers that their child is “disruptive” or “disobedient” in class, but some parents may…