The brain can change

How does understanding the brain help a learning disorder?

Using a telephone analogy, faulty wiring in the brain disrupts normal lines of communication and makes it difficult to process information easily. If service was down in a certain area of the city, the phone company might fix the problem by re-wiring the connections.

P dir=ltr>Types of Learning Disabilities and their Signs

Does your child struggle with school, no matter how hard he or she tries? Does he or she dread reading out loud, writing an essay, or tackling a math problem? While every kid has trouble with homework from time to time, if a certain area of learning is consistently problematic, it might indicate a learning disorder.

If you think your child might have

Are you a senior citizen? Age doesn't prevent one from having their share of fun. Jazz up your life with some entertaining activities tailor-made for senior citizens.

A lot of emphasis is put on keeping ourselves fit and occupied while we are in our salad-days. But, we should spare a thought about our old-age as well. It is the stage in which we need maximum attention and it is the stage in which we can very well become a couch potato.

A Tipton woman who was left paralyzed after being hit by a drunk driver 14 years ago now holds the title of Ms. Wheelchair USA after representing the state in a national competition.

Phaedra Marriott-Olsen of Russellville, was 22 years old when she was hit head on by a drunk driver while traveling home. She spent four months in a Columbia hospital where she struggled to overcome the near-fatal injuries inflicted upon her by another person's decision to drink and drive

Pet therapy is a popular method of mild therapy for seniors. The documented benefits of interaction with animals are physical, mental, and emotional. Animal therapy variations can differ depending upon the needs of the seniors. While ownership therapy, where a senior living at home has a pet in the house, is the most effective type, it is only an option for seniors in good health who are able to take care of the animal themselves. Kittens are excellent therapy animals.

Pet Therapy Variations

There is a lot of complaint about the lack of financial education being provided to the younger generations. Personal Finance 101 is not a required high school or college course, yet the financial status of an adult is highly dependent upon the lessons learned about money from a young age.

It most cases, the responsibility of personal finance lessons is naturally assumed by the parents. While it is true that parents have a duty to guide their kids into adult life

Lindsay's desire to have children is the only reason she's waiting to have her ovaries removed, probably at age 35.

She never wanted to make a big deal out of her surgery; she emphasizes that her story is only one among many. Her point, once again, is to get young women to become more aware of their own cancer risk.

"It doesn't have to be that life-ending

Caregiving for the elderly involves a lot of dirty work; a lot of moodiness that would try the patience of a saint; a lot of wearisome meetings with the relatives; and a lot of worrying. Everyone knows that. And everyone knows that caregivers get exhausted because for many reasons it is so difficult to have an adult who is older than you (and thinks they are smarter than you and probably are) depend entirely on you - for everything. From 7:00 in the morning until 10:00 or later at night, emptying the pee jar, cooking, cleaning, driving, shopping, nursing, fetching, soaking feet,

Cancer activist's approach: Real, a bit irreverent

Lindsay Avner is no shrinking violet. She's a bright pink whirlwind, with a closet full of dresses cut from that very color and a cancer-fighting organization she named for it.

Bold yet calculating, she is the nice girl who knows how to get what she wants, and how to get away with saying things others couldn't, or wouldn't.

"Mind your melons," Avner, who's 28

Speak with anyone that is disable and you will find that there are obstacles that still hinder them from doing all the things they are capable of doing for themselves.

Assistive Technology for the Disabled reveals some of the assistive technology that is available to smooth over some obstacles and allow the disabled to have a better quality of life.

Unlike what some believe a disabled person can learn to become mobile, speak, write, and