Why you should know something about stress While moderate amount of stress is essential for normal growth and maturation, excessive stress combined with poor coping and managing invariably leads to loss of tranquility of mind; emotional disorders such as anxiety and depression; and physical disorders such as obesity, high blood pressure, fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue, irritable bowel syndrome, and many other disorders. Stressed-out people often resort to drinking alcohol, taking street drugs smoking cigarette and overeating, gambling and promiscuous sex in a futile attempt to cope with their stress, not to…
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World Autism Awareness Day: Speech therapy for autistic kids
As tomorrow is World Autism Awareness Day (2nd April), we tell you why speech therapy is crucial for an autistic child and how this therapy works Autism is a developmental disorder which impairs your child’s ability to interact with others apart from affecting his other cognitive capabilities. The symptoms can be witnessed in kids by the age of 2. According to a 2018 study published in the journal PLOS Medicine, in India, one out of every eight children under the age of 10 suffers from at least one neurodevelopment disorder. Autistic children face difficulty…
Read MoreAutistic Pride Day 2018: Five effective yoga poses for children with autism spectrum disorder
Researchers have found that yoga can be of significant benefit to children with autism. Here are five yoga poses that are good for autistic kids. Most of us know that yoga is a great form of exercise that can be performed by people of all ages, including the older adults and children. It helps to prevent or reduce your risk of various diseases while improving overall health and well-being. But did you know that yoga can assist children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), a neurological and developmental disorder that affects…
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