<rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/"><channel><title>Cognitive Disability: Information on Intellectual Disability</title><description>Overview of cognitive disabilities including intellectual impairments, learning disabilities, and acquired conditions like dementia and traumatic brain injury</description><link>https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/cognitive/</link><language>en-us</language><atom:link href="https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/cognitive/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><lastBuildDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2026 10:45:43 EDT</lastBuildDate><item><title>Teen Cognitive Health: Correlation with Early Stroke Risk</title><category>Cognitive</category><description>After 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url="https://www.disabled-world.com/">Disabled World</source></item><item><title>Media Misconstrues Frontotemporal Degeneration in Coverage of Bruce Willis</title><category>Cognitive</category><description>New paper shows a great deal of media coverage of the actor Bruce Willis&#39; condition, frontotemporal degeneration, was inaccurate, revealing the public&#39;s limited knowledge of the disease</description><link>https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/cognitive/bruce-willis.php</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/cognitive/bruce-willis.php</guid><pubDate>Fri, 01 Dec 2023 00:02:00 EDT</pubDate><source url="https://www.disabled-world.com/">Disabled World</source></item><item><title>NIHTB-CB Measures Cognitive Change in Intellectual Disability</title><category>Cognitive</category><description>Research reveals NIH Toolbox Cognition Battery (NIHTB-CB) sensitive to developmental changes in children, teens and young adults</description><link>https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/cognitive/nihtb-cb.php</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/cognitive/nihtb-cb.php</guid><pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2022 17:55:00 EDT</pubDate><source url="https://www.disabled-world.com/">Disabled World</source></item><item><title>CAPRIN1 Gene Mutation Causes ADHD, ASD, Myasthenia, Language Impairment</title><category>Cognitive</category><description>Studies reveal insufficient production of protein CAPRIN1 in the brain can lead to impairments, including ASD, ADHD, language disorders, and myasthenia</description><link>https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/cognitive/caprin1-gene.php</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/cognitive/caprin1-gene.php</guid><pubDate>Thu, 22 Sep 2022 16:57:00 EDT</pubDate><source url="https://www.disabled-world.com/">Disabled World</source></item><item><title>Dehydration Study Reveals Cognition Sputter as We Get Parched</title><category>Cognitive</category><description>Research data papers on dehydration and cognitive ability showed functions like attention, coordination and complex problem solving suffering the most, and activities like reacting quickly when prompted not diminishing much</description><link>https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/cognitive/sputter.php</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/cognitive/sputter.php</guid><pubDate>Thu, 19 Jul 2018 08:33:22 EDT</pubDate><source url="https://www.disabled-world.com/">Disabled World</source></item><item><title>What if You Could Know Your Mild Cognitive Impairment Would Not Progress?</title><category>Cognitive</category><description>Researchers found in some mild cognitive impairment patients, real neuropsychological stability over a decade is possible and long-term stability could be predicted based on neuropsychological tests</description><link>https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/cognitive/neuropsychological.php</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/cognitive/neuropsychological.php</guid><pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2018 10:30:40 EDT</pubDate><source url="https://www.disabled-world.com/">Disabled World</source></item><item><title>Study: Anxiety Can Help People Remember Event Details</title><category>Cognitive</category><description>University of Waterloo study finds manageable anxiety levels can improve memory recall, but too much anxiety may distort memories with negative associations</description><link>https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/cognitive/dass.php</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/cognitive/dass.php</guid><pubDate>Wed, 28 Feb 2018 09:31:00 EDT</pubDate><source url="https://www.disabled-world.com/">Disabled World</source></item><item><title>Personality Changes During Transition to Mild Cognitive Impairment</title><category>Cognitive</category><description>Researchers conclude personality changes, which can lead to changes in behavior, occur early on during the development of Alzheimer&#39;s disease</description><link>https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/cognitive/cognitive-ability.php</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/cognitive/cognitive-ability.php</guid><pubDate>Tue, 23 Jan 2018 15:53:14 EDT</pubDate><source url="https://www.disabled-world.com/">Disabled World</source></item><item><title>Oversimplifying Causes of Mental Illness Beliefs May Hinder Social Acceptance</title><category>Cognitive</category><description>Findings suggest beliefs about causes of mental illness could be addressed in public campaigns and by policymakers in different and more beneficial ways</description><link>https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/cognitive/acceptance.php</link><guid 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who grow up in urban counties with high upward mobility exhibit fewer behavioral problems and perform better on cognitive tests</description><link>https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/cognitive/behavior.php</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/cognitive/behavior.php</guid><pubDate>Thu, 17 Aug 2017 15:01:00 EDT</pubDate><source url="https://www.disabled-world.com/">Disabled World</source></item><item><title>Deaf Children and Cognitive Development</title><category>Cognitive</category><description>Investigating whether early exposure to sign language can forestall cognitive issues in deaf children</description><link>https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/cognitive/dccd.php</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/cognitive/dccd.php</guid><pubDate>Sat, 13 Feb 2016 18:58:16 EDT</pubDate><source url="https://www.disabled-world.com/">Disabled World</source></item><item><title>Cutting Challenging Behaviour by 60% - New Support Model for People with Learning Disabilities</title><category>Cognitive</category><description>Randomised controlled trial shows new approach to support for people with learning disabilities has achieved remarkable results</description><link>https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/cognitive/support-model.php</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/cognitive/support-model.php</guid><pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2016 10:03:00 EDT</pubDate><source url="https://www.disabled-world.com/">Disabled World</source></item><item><title>Infertility Treatments: No Risk of Developmental Delays in Children</title><category>Cognitive</category><description>NIH researchers find no risk by age 7 from in vitro fertilization or other widespread treatments</description><link>https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/cognitive/infertility.php</link><guid 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nation in the midst of change</description><link>https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/cognitive/21st-century.php</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/cognitive/21st-century.php</guid><pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2015 09:01:00 EDT</pubDate><source url="https://www.disabled-world.com/">Disabled World</source></item><item><title>Special Education: Advocating &amp; Otherwise Abled</title><category>Cognitive</category><description>Excerpts from a self-published handbook used with the parents advocated for in the special education process</description><link>https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/cognitive/advocating.php</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/cognitive/advocating.php</guid><pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2015 09:26:34 EDT</pubDate><source url="https://www.disabled-world.com/">Disabled World</source></item><item><title>Overcoming the Shame of My Learning Disability</title><category>Cognitive</category><description>Despite trying hard to read and write, 6 year old Leana Greene found it continually difficult to spell words and process letters and later found out she had dyslexia</description><link>https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/cognitive/shame.php</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/cognitive/shame.php</guid><pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2015 10:49:00 EDT</pubDate><source url="https://www.disabled-world.com/">Disabled World</source></item><item><title>The Neurophysiology of Stuttering</title><category>Cognitive</category><description>New studies provide insight into treatment of stuttering and understanding its physiological basis</description><link>https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/cognitive/stutter.php</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/cognitive/stutter.php</guid><pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2015 08:49:00 EDT</pubDate><source url="https://www.disabled-world.com/">Disabled World</source></item><item><title>Report: Detecting, and Diagnosing Cognitive Impairment</title><category>Cognitive</category><description>Increased detection of cognitive impairment is essential for earlier diagnosis of Alzheimer&#39;s disease and related dementia</description><link>https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/cognitive/detecting.php</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/cognitive/detecting.php</guid><pubDate>Mon, 09 Feb 2015 10:52:00 EDT</pubDate><source url="https://www.disabled-world.com/">Disabled World</source></item><item><title>Fragile X Syndrome: Genetic Clues Found</title><category>Cognitive</category><description>Researchers gain new insight into fragile X syndrome, the most common cause of inherited intellectual disability</description><link>https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/cognitive/fx-clues.php</link><guid 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common genetic cause of learning disabilities</description><link>https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/cognitive/cog-statins.php</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/cognitive/cog-statins.php</guid><pubDate>Sun, 16 Nov 2014 09:16:00 EDT</pubDate><source url="https://www.disabled-world.com/">Disabled World</source></item><item><title>Having Mild Cognitive Impairment Anxiety Can Accelerate Conversion to Alzheimer&#39;s</title><category>Cognitive</category><description>Study shows people with mild cognitive impairment at risk of converting to Alzheimers disease within a few years, risk increases significantly if they suffer from anxiety</description><link>https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/cognitive/conversion.php</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/cognitive/conversion.php</guid><pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2014 12:10:00 EDT</pubDate><source url="https://www.disabled-world.com/">Disabled World</source></item><item><title>Neighborhood Walkability Can Slow Cognitive Decline</title><category>Cognitive</category><description>Study shows neighborhoods that motivate walking can stave off cognitive decline in older adults</description><link>https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/cognitive/walkability.php</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/cognitive/walkability.php</guid><pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2014 17:36:39 EDT</pubDate><source url="https://www.disabled-world.com/">Disabled World</source></item><item><title>Are Genetics to Blame for Intellectual Disability</title><category>Cognitive</category><description>Scientists join forces to unlock an untapped source of genetic information to better understand and treat children with Intellectual Disability</description><link>https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/cognitive/blame.php</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/cognitive/blame.php</guid><pubDate>Wed, 22 Oct 2014 18:43:00 EDT</pubDate><source url="https://www.disabled-world.com/">Disabled World</source></item><item><title>Serious Mental Illnesses and The Criminal Justice System</title><category>Cognitive</category><description>Report responding to the large number of people with serious mental illnesses in the criminal justice system requires more than mental health services</description><link>https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/cognitive/approaches.php</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/cognitive/approaches.php</guid><pubDate>Tue, 14 Oct 2014 17:41:00 EDT</pubDate><source url="https://www.disabled-world.com/">Disabled World</source></item><item><title>Aging with Intellectual Disability - Health and Challenges</title><category>Cognitive</category><description>IDS-TILDA study from Trinity College Dublin reveals dementia rates nearly doubled in people with Down syndrome and unique health risks of aging with an ID</description><link>https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/cognitive/challenging.php</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/cognitive/challenging.php</guid><pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2014 15:20:00 EDT</pubDate><source url="https://www.disabled-world.com/">Disabled World</source></item><item><title>Physical Fitness Results in Better Language Skills in Children</title><category>Cognitive</category><description>Researchers report children who are physically fit have faster and more robust neuro-electrical brain responses during reading than their less-fit peers</description><link>https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/cognitive/n400-p600.php</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/cognitive/n400-p600.php</guid><pubDate>Fri, 06 Jun 2014 20:23:43 EDT</pubDate><source url="https://www.disabled-world.com/">Disabled World</source></item><item><title>Mental Illness: Churches Are in the Dark</title><category>Cognitive</category><description>Churches must address mental illness with compassion, education, and practical support, moving beyond stigma to create inclusive, supportive faith communities</description><link>https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/cognitive/church.php</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/cognitive/church.php</guid><pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2014 08:34:00 EDT</pubDate><source url="https://www.disabled-world.com/">Disabled World</source></item><item><title>Childhood Trauma and Women&#39;s Health in Prison</title><category>Cognitive</category><description>Strong likelihood that link between childhood trauma and adult physical and mental health issues greatly more pronounced among female offenders</description><link>https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/cognitive/childhood.php</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/cognitive/childhood.php</guid><pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2014 09:57:00 EDT</pubDate><source url="https://www.disabled-world.com/">Disabled World</source></item><item><title>Is Special Needs Evaluation Needed for Your Child Survey Results</title><category>Cognitive</category><description>Parents magazine study reveals one in four moms wonder whether a special needs evaluation is needed for their child</description><link>https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/cognitive/evaluation.php</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/cognitive/evaluation.php</guid><pubDate>Tue, 11 Mar 2014 11:18:00 EDT</pubDate><source url="https://www.disabled-world.com/">Disabled World</source></item><item><title>Recent Developments in Speech Language Disability</title><category>Cognitive</category><description>Information regarding speech-language disabilities including dyslexia, articulation, and executive functioning abilities</description><link>https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/cognitive/developments.php</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/cognitive/developments.php</guid><pubDate>Mon, 09 Sep 2013 08:15:00 EDT</pubDate><source url="https://www.disabled-world.com/">Disabled World</source></item><item><title>People with Intellectual Disabilities and the Prison System</title><category>Cognitive</category><description>Article examines persons with cognitive disabilities as victims or offenders of crime occurring more often than people who do not experience forms of disabilities</description><link>https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/cognitive/prison-system.php</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/cognitive/prison-system.php</guid><pubDate>Fri, 02 Aug 2013 10:09:00 EDT</pubDate><source url="https://www.disabled-world.com/">Disabled World</source></item><item><title>10% of Children Affected by Specific Learning Disabilities</title><category>Cognitive</category><description>Study shows learning disabilities affect up to 10 percent of children and co-occur at higher than expected rates</description><link>https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/cognitive/sld.php</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/cognitive/sld.php</guid><pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2013 10:46:00 EDT</pubDate><source url="https://www.disabled-world.com/">Disabled World</source></item><item><title>The Challenges of Securing Disability Benefits</title><category>Cognitive</category><description>For adults with intellectual and related developmental disabilities securing benefits they are entitled to can be challenging</description><link>https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/cognitive/securing.php</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/cognitive/securing.php</guid><pubDate>Tue, 18 Dec 2012 13:07:00 EDT</pubDate><source url="https://www.disabled-world.com/">Disabled World</source></item><item><title>Humans Losing Intellectual and Emotional Abilities</title><category>Cognitive</category><description>Humans are losing intellectual and emotional abilities due to human intelligence and behavior requiring optimal functioning of a large number of genes, which requires enormous evolutionary pressures to maintain</description><link>https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/cognitive/loss.php</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/cognitive/loss.php</guid><pubDate>Mon, 12 Nov 2012 13:45:00 EDT</pubDate><source url="https://www.disabled-world.com/">Disabled World</source></item><item><title>Children with Dyspraxia in America</title><category>Cognitive</category><description>Information and resources regarding dyspraxia in children in the US Developmental dyspraxia involves an immaturity of the organization of a persons movement</description><link>https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/cognitive/dyspraxia.php</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/cognitive/dyspraxia.php</guid><pubDate>Wed, 05 Sep 2012 14:58:00 EDT</pubDate><source url="https://www.disabled-world.com/">Disabled World</source></item><item><title>Gait Changes and Cognitive Disability</title><category>Cognitive</category><description>Gait disturbances like slowing of walking pace or more variable stride may indicate decline in cognitive function</description><link>https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/cognitive/gait.php</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/cognitive/gait.php</guid><pubDate>Sun, 15 Jul 2012 13:36:00 EDT</pubDate><source url="https://www.disabled-world.com/">Disabled World</source></item><item><title>New Type of Intellectual Disability Found</title><category>Cognitive</category><description>Gene for new form of intellectual disability and how it likely affects cognitive development by disrupting neuron functioning</description><link>https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/cognitive/nsun2.php</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/cognitive/nsun2.php</guid><pubDate>Sat, 28 Apr 2012 15:45:55 EDT</pubDate><source url="https://www.disabled-world.com/">Disabled World</source></item><item><title>Intellectual Disability Tied to Father Being Older at Conception</title><category>Cognitive</category><description>Chromosomal abnormalities linked to intellectual disability can be traced back to an older father when the child is conceived</description><link>https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/cognitive/conception-age.php</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/cognitive/conception-age.php</guid><pubDate>Thu, 13 Oct 2011 10:19:00 EDT</pubDate><source url="https://www.disabled-world.com/">Disabled World</source></item><item><title>Nab2/ZC3H14 Protein and Inherited Intellectual Disability</title><category>Cognitive</category><description>Mutation in the ZC3H14 gene showed up in two independent family trees affected by intellectual disability</description><link>https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/cognitive/inherited.php</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/cognitive/inherited.php</guid><pubDate>Tue, 05 Jul 2011 16:11:00 EDT</pubDate><source url="https://www.disabled-world.com/">Disabled World</source></item><item><title>America Neglecting Intellectual and Developmental Disabled</title><category>Cognitive</category><description>Arc&#39;s Families and Individual Needs for Disability Support (FINDS) survey shows economic strain has hurt all Americans, the 7 million living with I/DD and their families are among the hardest hit, with access to needed services drastically reduced</description><link>https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/cognitive/neglecting.php</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/cognitive/neglecting.php</guid><pubDate>Wed, 15 Jun 2011 09:44:00 EDT</pubDate><source url="https://www.disabled-world.com/">Disabled World</source></item><item><title>Cognitive Impairment in Preschool Children with Epilepsy</title><category>Cognitive</category><description>Cognitive impairment is evident early on in preschool children with epilepsy consistent with results of similar studies in older children</description><link>https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/cognitive/preschool.php</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/cognitive/preschool.php</guid><pubDate>Thu, 02 Jun 2011 18:20:40 EDT</pubDate><source url="https://www.disabled-world.com/">Disabled World</source></item><item><title>Cognitive Decline Incidence Higher in Southern Stroke Belt</title><category>Cognitive</category><description>Shared risk factors for stroke mortality and impaired brain function seen in Southern US population</description><link>https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/cognitive/stroke-belt.php</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/cognitive/stroke-belt.php</guid><pubDate>Thu, 26 May 2011 15:00:54 EDT</pubDate><source url="https://www.disabled-world.com/">Disabled World</source></item><item><title>Changing Lives: Learning Disabilities Worldwide</title><category>Cognitive</category><description>Learning Disabilities Worldwide has positioned itself to ensure that the promise of No Child Left Behind becomes a reality</description><link>https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/cognitive/changing-lives.php</link><guid 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pupil size when people are viewing emotion-laden words</description><link>https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/cognitive/screening-test.php</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/cognitive/screening-test.php</guid><pubDate>Mon, 18 Apr 2011 10:51:00 EDT</pubDate><source url="https://www.disabled-world.com/">Disabled World</source></item><item><title>Planning Steps for Parents of Special Needs Children</title><category>Cognitive</category><description>Autism disorder affects one in 36 children in the United States with boys being four times more likely than girls to be diagnosed</description><link>https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/cognitive/planning-steps.php</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/cognitive/planning-steps.php</guid><pubDate>Wed, 23 Mar 2011 09:17:00 EDT</pubDate><source url="https://www.disabled-world.com/">Disabled World</source></item><item><title>Hypochondriasis: Online Cognitive Behavioral Therapy</title><category>Cognitive</category><description>Internet-based cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) is an effective treatment for people with hypochondriasis</description><link>https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/cognitive/cbt-therapy.php</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/cognitive/cbt-therapy.php</guid><pubDate>Thu, 03 Mar 2011 14:42:00 EDT</pubDate><source url="https://www.disabled-world.com/">Disabled World</source></item><item><title>Brain Function Linked to Birth Size</title><category>Cognitive</category><description>Evidence links brain function variations between the left and right sides of the brain to size at birth and the weight of the placenta</description><link>https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/cognitive/birth-size.php</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/cognitive/birth-size.php</guid><pubDate>Sat, 19 Feb 2011 15:39:00 EDT</pubDate><source url="https://www.disabled-world.com/">Disabled World</source></item><item><title>Dyscalculia: The Learning Disability That Makes Math Challenging</title><category>Cognitive</category><description>Developmental dyscalculia is a brain-based learning disability affecting math skills in about 5-6% of school children. 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Center Offers Up-to-Date Information About Stuttering</title><category>Cognitive</category><description>The Kings Speech is a movie many consider to be a front-runner to sweep the Oscars this year</description><link>https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/cognitive/stuttering.php</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/cognitive/stuttering.php</guid><pubDate>Tue, 28 Dec 2010 11:00:28 EDT</pubDate><source url="https://www.disabled-world.com/">Disabled World</source></item><item><title>Widening Perceptions of Reading and Writing Difficulties</title><category>Cognitive</category><description>Learning to read and write can be disrupted in various ways leading to disorders known as dyslexia and dysgraphia</description><link>https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/cognitive/reading-writing.php</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/cognitive/reading-writing.php</guid><pubDate>Wed, 08 Dec 2010 14:19:21 EDT</pubDate><source url="https://www.disabled-world.com/">Disabled World</source></item><item><title>Dyscalculia Screener to Reveal Extent of Hidden Disability in Adults</title><category>Cognitive</category><description>An estimated 3 to 6 percent of adults could have the hidden disability dyscalculia which affects fundamental ability to acquire arithmetical skills</description><link>https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/cognitive/dyscalculia.php</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/cognitive/dyscalculia.php</guid><pubDate>Mon, 29 Nov 2010 13:03:44 EDT</pubDate><source url="https://www.disabled-world.com/">Disabled World</source></item><item><title>Proposed Disability Rule for People with Mental Disorders - US Social Security</title><category>Cognitive</category><description>Social Security announced it will publish a notice clarifying part of the recently proposed Revised Medical Criteria for Evaluating Mental 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predict funding for people with intellectual disability based on individual needs</description><link>https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/cognitive/supports-intensity-scale.php</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/cognitive/supports-intensity-scale.php</guid><pubDate>Sun, 26 Sep 2010 17:54:55 EDT</pubDate><source url="https://www.disabled-world.com/">Disabled World</source></item><item><title>Medications May Cause Long Term Cognitive Impairment</title><category>Cognitive</category><description>Drugs for common medical conditions including insomnia allergies or incontinence may cause long term cognitive impairment</description><link>https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/cognitive/medication-impairment.php</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/cognitive/medication-impairment.php</guid><pubDate>Tue, 13 Jul 2010 15:01:08 EDT</pubDate><source url="https://www.disabled-world.com/">Disabled World</source></item><item><title>Physical Activity in Teenagers Reduces Cognitive Impairment Risk in Later Years</title><category>Cognitive</category><description>Teenage physical activity reduces risk of cognitive impairment in later life</description><link>https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/cognitive/teenager-cognitive-impairments.php</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/cognitive/teenager-cognitive-impairments.php</guid><pubDate>Wed, 30 Jun 2010 13:41:03 EDT</pubDate><source url="https://www.disabled-world.com/">Disabled World</source></item><item><title>New Strategy may Improve Cognition</title><category>Cognitive</category><description>Findings could lead to new drugs to enhance cognition in patients and healthy individuals</description><link>https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/cognitive/improve--cognition.php</link><guid 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World</source></item><item><title>Cognitive Disorders Linked by Common Thread</title><category>Cognitive</category><description>Rett syndrome (RTT), Cornelia de Lange syndrome (CdLS) and Alpha-Thalassemia mental Retardation, X-linked syndrome (ATR-X) have each been linked</description><link>https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/cognitive/cognitive-disorders-link.php</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/cognitive/cognitive-disorders-link.php</guid><pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2010 14:12:30 EDT</pubDate><source url="https://www.disabled-world.com/">Disabled World</source></item><item><title>Rosa&#39;s Law - Using Intellectual Disability Instead of Mental Retardation</title><category>Cognitive</category><description>Rosa&#39;s Law - Replacing pejorative label of mental retardation with the more respectful terminology of intellectual 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