News of the Month September 2023

News of the Month September 2023

Here is a news for the month of september about various topics such as autism child, speech therapy, stem cell therapy, Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder, dyslexia and many more, Lets have a look into it.

Speech therapy centre under police scanner for tying up three-year-old child

A senior police officer reported that Faiz Nawaz, a resident of Thousand Lights’ Ajeez Street, had enrolled his three-year-old kid for speech therapy at a facility more than six months prior. When his father Amjad Khan went to take up the youngster on Thursday, he was surprised to discover him sobbing while having his wrists and legs restrained.

Mr. Nawaz then filed a complaint against three staff members of the speech treatment clinic. The police are looking into it and have created a community service register (CSR).

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AI institute for speech, language disorders to help children

The National AI Institute for Exceptional Education is making great strides.

The $20 million, UB-led program will develop artificial intelligence tools to make sure kids with speech and language impairments receive prompt, efficient help. It was funded in January by the Institute of Education Sciences and the U.S. National Science Foundation.

The institute’s research team, which consists of dozens of researchers from nine universities with expertise in diverse and inclusive environments, social robotics, natural language processing, and other areas, met for the first time in person in April at UB.

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Drinking diet sodas and aspartame-sweetened beverages daily during pregnancy linked to autism in male offspring

Researchers at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio) have discovered a link between the diagnosis of autism in boys and either daily consumption of diet soda or breastfeeding mothers who consumed an equivalent amount of aspartame.

In this case-control study, boys with autism were more than three times more likely to have been born to mothers who admitted to consuming one or more servings of diet soda per day, or comparable amounts of the most popular artificial sweetener aspartame, during pregnancy or breast-feeding, than boys with neurotypical development.

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Court allows stem cell therapy for two autistic kids: What is this treatment? Can it be used to treat autism?

On August 31, the Delhi High Court approved the use of stem cell therapy for the treatment of two youngsters with autism spectrum disorder (ASD).

The decision was made in response to a petition filed by the families of the two children, who contested the National Medical Commission’s (NMC) Ethics and Medical Registration Board’s (EMRB) December 6, 2022 ruling against the use of stem cell therapy for autism spectrum disorder (ASD).

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Stephen King’s ‘Holly’ is admirably nuanced about autism

It would stand to reason that once someone has been doing something for more than 50 years, they are as excellent as they will ever be at it. Meryl Streep or Bruce Springsteen, for example, no longer need to innovate with their new works of art because they are institutions by this point.

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8 students with special needs from Delhi Govt schools to represent India in 25th World Scout Jamboree in South Korea

According to a press release from the office of the Delhi Education Minister on Monday, a delegation of eight CWSN (Children With Special Needs) kids from Delhi Government Schools will represent India at the 25th World Scout Jamboree being held in South Korea.

On Monday night, this Jamboree participant group left for South Korea. On Monday, the group met with the minister of education, Atishi, who urged them to participate. According to education minister Atishi Marlena, taking part in this activity will help pupils develop their self-esteem and confidence.

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Grammy winner Ricky Kej opens up about his struggles with Dyslexia

Rick Kej, a musician who has won three Grammy awards, talked out about his dyslexia issues as a child and how he first became interested in Indian classical music. Ricky Kej revealed in an exclusive interview with ANI, “I grew up with the ADHD, which is Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder, so perhaps your listeners could figure out I speak very quickly and I’m very fidgety, these are things I have to control and I’ve been controlling since I was a child. I was a very bad learner because I had a severe form of Dyslexia.

I still experience this when reading books, which is why I don’t read them anymore. When I finish reading one line and move on to the next, the previous line appears entirely different when I return to it. You know that music is the only thing I could really comprehend and was good at, and it was the only thing that kept me sane.

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Arnold Schwarzenegger opens up about challenges of dyslexia, says he has to re-read scripts until he has them memorised

Arnold Schwarzenegger, a veteran of Hollywood, has said, “I am a terrible reader.” He talked about his lifelong struggles with dyslexia and how the learning handicap forces him to read his scripts again.

“I read the screenplay over and over again for months before a movie so that I can memorize every word. The professional bodybuilder-turned-actor shared his experience of recording his audiobook Be Useful on Instagram, saying, “I need time and repetitions to get my mind around the phrases.

The Terminator actor, who later entered politics, acknowledged that his learning condition presented issues throughout his school years, and that the dearth of knowledge about such disabilities made matters worse for him.

 

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Machine learning-based early diagnosis of autism according to eye movements of real and artificial faces scanning

Clinical professionals have worked extremely hard to develop methods for the early detection of ASD, and there are several tools available (Sappok et al., 2015). However, in areas with unusually high populations and few or no community health workers, some missed diagnoses may occur due to the popularity of existing devices and improper operating techniques (James et al., 2014). Professionals interested in the early detection of ASD have taken notice of the results.

In recent years, eye-tracking technology has grown in significance as a tool for the early detection and diagnosis of ASD.

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