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/
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