Autism Dr Mumbai, Child Specialist developmental pediatrician Neurologist OT ST

Development and neuroregression the turtle hypothesis:
Brain centers sense the input and start growing nerves to form synapses towards the nerves getting input. A mesh of synapses is needed for integration of input.
During early phase of Development of sense and the sensory mesh, the inputs make ...

How to teach something to a kid:
To teach any thing

1. Sitting at one place
2. Attention and eye contact
3. Generating understanding with structured plan
4. Revisions and repeat with variations
5. Add new dimensions.

First two or three may need medicines when therapy doesn't show results in 3 ...

In neuro Developmental disorders
Sequence of Development is in 3 stages
Activities, communication and cognition.
THIS DEVELOPS IN SAME SEQUENCE.
So in CP all is affected...at least in some extent. In autism motor system is normal but without cognition. And in ID that is intellectually disabled,...

Involve, don't isolate. Expose... Don't avoid. Elliminate fear and inability by providing a suppoartive environment in adverse situation with gaining trust in helping the kids cope up to learn to face the same situation much better subsequently. www.pedneuro.in

Stopping food time screen is first step to get control over screen time.
Save the time of visual learning to auditory learning.

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Often I see parents running for hearing test and havinga wait list of two months for same, delaying therapies.
Remember hearing test is not required in autism if u know your child can hear some sound.
Start with therapies earliest when your child doesn't do what u expect like any normal kid. Don...

It's not uncommon for people to lose faith in the doctors or therapists when they are folowing up with them for treatment of neurological diseases where there is no definite treatment possible. A change of plan, a different way to look at the same problem and a specific goal Directed approach to ...

Development is a continuous process. Don't halt any time