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Week in Neurodiversity – Girl With Down Syndrome Realizes Cheerleading Dream (9/24/16)


The Week in Neurodiversity

The Neurodiversity News Show, hosted by Mike Nickas.

In this episode, a girl with Down syndrome becomes an honorary cheerleader, a treatment is discovered for children with Alzheimer’s, and have you seen the robot that helps children with autism? All these stories in more on this week’s episode!

 

[00:13] A 14 year old girl with Down syndrome has been welcomed onto the West Salem cheerleading squad as an honorary cheerleader.

[00:44] John Elder Robison discusses what life has been like for him since being diagnosed with Asperger’s at age 40.

[01:32] A new treatment appears to be slowing down a form of Alzheimer’s disease that effects kids.

[02:24] An epilepsy treatment has been introduced in an implant that helps patients fight off seizures.

[02:51] Camp Hope is helping veterans with PTSD face their symptoms.

[03:15] The autism solutions bot has been created to help assist young children with autism, and was presented at the TechCrunch Disrupt Hackathon.

 

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A 14 year old girl with Down syndrome has been welcomed onto the West Salem cheerleading squad as an honorary cheerleader.  http://www.oregonlive.com/trending/2016/09/salem_cheerleading_squad_welco.html

John Elder Robison discusses what life has been like for him since being diagnosed with Asperger’s at age 40. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-09-09/what%E2%80%99s-it-like-having-asperger%E2%80%99s/7832438

A new treatment appears to be slowing down a form of Alzheimer’s disease that effects kids. http://abc7chicago.com/health/new-treatment-slows-down-alzheimers-in-children/1511210/

An epilepsy treatment has been introduced in an implant that helps patients fight off seizures. http://www.koaa.com/story/33094306/your-healthy-family-new-epilepsy-treatment

Camp Hope is helping veterans with PTSD face their symptoms. http://www.click2houston.com/news/houston-facility-helps-veterans-face-ptsd-symptoms

The autism solutions bot has been created to help assist young children with autism, and was presented at the TechCrunch Disrupt Hackathon. https://techcrunch.com/2016/09/11/autism-solutions/

This video is owned by Different Brains Inc, kindly donated by it’s original producer PCE Media LLC.