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Occupational Therapy for People with Mental and Physical Disabilities

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Intellectual disability is a collective term for a wide range of manifestations and degrees of intellectual disabilities. Children with intellectual disabilities can show different levels of development in the motor, socio-emotional and cognitive areas. With certain impairments, they can find their way around largely independently in adulthood without external help. For others, on the other hand, it is possible that they need 24-hour care to find their way in everyday life. This is where occupational therapy plays its role. What is occupational therapy? Occupational therapy is one of the methods of rehabilitation treatment aimed at the optimal involvement of the patient in daily activities - work, study, household chores, caring for others, and meeting personal needs. How can occupational therapy treatment for Down syndrome take place? It is important to find out where the child is currently in their developmental stage. Occupational therapy is based on the different spheres of life o

Treat Speech Disorders and Language Disorders Through Creative Speech Solutions

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W ith a speech disorder, also known as a speech defect, language structure and ability to speak are impaired. In contrast to speech disorder, the motor generation of sounds is not affected. However, speech and language disorders can also occur together. The manifestations of a language disorder can be very different. They range from mild language development disorders to disorders of the written language to deaf and dumbness, in which those affected can neither hear nor express themselves spoken. How do language disorders arise? Speech disorders are based on various causes, depending on the form. Speech development disorders, for example, are often based on hearing impairment. Long-lasting middle ear infections or permanent hearing disorders in the language-sensitive phase between the second and third years of life can hinder language development. Since those affected do not perceive what is being spoken aurally, they do not learn the language. Also, genetic, psychological, an