LearningDisabilities

Learn to draw the brachial plexus quickly and accurately. You will also learn the names of the 16 terminal branches and the muscles they innervate.  

Dr Silvia Paracchini aims to indentify the genetic components of dyslexia and understand the underlying biology. Other disorders such as Specific Language Impairment or Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder are commonly linked to dyslexia. Dr Paracchini is looking for possible common genes for these clinically distinct disorders. Her research has the potential to uncover some of the biological mechanisms involved in human cognition.  

Individuals with five neurodevelopmental disorders -- autism spectrum disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, Tourette syndrome, dyslexia, and Specific Language Impairment -- appear to...  

Bournemouth University lecturer Dr Julie Kirkby is investigating the significance of copying and note-taking in the classroom and how it affects the learning of Dyslexic children.  

Different labels for difficulties with reading have been found to be associated with varying beliefs in how effective teachers believe they can be.  

In the first known study of its kind, researchers have identified brain activity that links dyslexia to difficulty with math.  

UK dyslexia charities should give a more balanced account of the evidence for coloured overlays and lenses in dyslexia say experts on thebmj.com today.  

Between 3 and 6% of schoolchildren suffer from an arithmetic-related learning disability.  

Adults who have dyslexia are much more likely to report they were physically abused before they turned 18 than their peers without dyslexia, according to a new study from researchers at the...  

In addition to their trouble with reading, people with dyslexia also have greater difficulty than typical readers do when it comes to managing competing sensory cues, according to a study...  

In people with dyslexia, less gray matter in the brain has been linked to reading disabilities, but now new evidence suggests this is a consequence of poorer reading experiences and not the root...  

In the journal Neurology, researchers report a novel technique that enables a patient with 'word blindness' to read again.Word blindness is a rare neurological condition.  

New interdisciplinary research from Western University has uncovered fundamental links among three major learning difficulties in some school-age children.  

Widely prescribed as a treatment for high cholesterol, a new study suggests that statins can also reverse neurological symptoms of a syndrome previously thought to be untreatable.  

There has been an "alarming absence" of progress in the reform of care for people with learning disabilities in England, a review concludes.  

NHS England says it is taking urgent action to tackle the over-prescribing of psychotropic drugs to people with learning disabilities.