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Cerebral palsy is a disorder of muscle tone, posture, movement, balance and coordination which results from injury to early brain development. Other than motor concerns it could be associated with epilepsy, abnormalities of speech, vision, intellect, behaviour, etc. What are the causes of cerebral palsy? CP is caused by a brain injury or brain malformation due to prematurity, infection, hypoxia, haemorrhage, jaundice or metabolic etc. Injury or malformation can happen while the child’s brain is under development, before or during

Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is one of the most common neurodevelopment psychiatric disorders in children. It affects about 6-7% of children. What are the symptoms – how do I know if my child has ADHD? A child may show the following symptoms 1.Inattention -Does not seem to listen when spoken to -Has difficulty sustaining attention on tasks or play activities -Is forgetful in daily activities etc. 2.Impulsivity -Has difficulty awaiting turn -Blurts out answers before the questions have been completed

Dyslexia Dyslexia, also known as reading disorder,is the commonest form of learning disability accounting for 80% of all learning disability.It  is characterized by trouble with reading unrelated to problems with overall intelligence. Symptoms In early childhood, symptoms include delayed onset of speech, difficulty distinguishing left from right, difficulty with direction, as well as being easily distracted by background noise. In late childhood signs include difficulty in identifying or generating rhyming words, counting the number of syllables in words. They may also show difficulty in segmenting words into individual

What is autism spectrum disorder (ASD)?  Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a developmental behavioural disability that causes significant social, communication and behavioural challenges. These children communicate, interact, behave, and learn in ways that are different from most other people. The child may have normal intelligence quotient and still have autism. It is characterised by impairment of social interaction, defects in language development and communication skills, stereotype, repetitive, restrictive patterns of behaviours, interest and activities which limits and impairs daily functioning.

What is Cerebral palsy? The brain controls all that we do. Different parts of the brain control the movement of every muscle of the body. In cerebral palsy, there is damage to, or lack of development in, one of these areas of the brain. \’Cerebral\’ – refers to the brain. \’Palsy\’ – can mean weakness or paralysis or lack of muscle control. Therefore cerebral palsy is a disorder of muscle control which results from some damage to part of the