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How to Address Mobility Challenges
There was a time you moved around with little effort and put no thought into this everyday task. Nowadays, even though you think long and hard about getting from Point A to Point B, you don't always have a ready solution. That's where personal ... [... more]
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How to Assist the Elderly with Mobility Issues
Mobility is a relative condition. If you are elderly and confined to a bed, you are well aware that it's almost a vacation to be able to get up and move around the house or apartment by yourself. Make some breakfast or coffee without the ... [... more]
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How to Find a Drinkholder for Your Wheelchair, Scooter, ...
If you use a wheelchair, scooter, or walker, you are--by definition--on the go. And if you're on the go, you've got to take your personal stuff along. Don't be without your favorite beverages just because you happen to use a mobility device. You ... [... more]
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How to Find Dinnerware That Makes Eating Easier for ...
Folks with muscular disabilities find it difficult to eat independently. Hand tremors and instability may cause the different foods to get mixed together on the plate in an undesirable manner. Or the plate may even get accidentally pushed off the ... [... more]
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How to Find the Best Non-Tip Drinkholder
It seems like everyone is looking for a great non-tip drinkholder. You know, the kind of non-tip drinkholder that doesn't tip? Seems like it should be a simple enough matter. But look on the market and you'll find products that not only tip and ... [... more]
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How to Help Cerebral Palsy Patients Have More Independence
If you're a caregiver or parent whose patient or child has spastic cerebral palsy (spastic diplegia or spastic diplegia), you know that it's a difficult task to promote independence in the child. One of the most important areas of independence is ... [... more]
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How to Help Handicapped Persons Individualize Their Scooters
Scooters that come straight from the manufacturer tend to be more "blah" than "wow!" After all, the manufacturer is more interested in providing you with a safe, functional mobility device than in giving you a snappy scooter that [... more]
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How to Live With Albinism
Albinism is a genetic condition in which the pigment in the skin, hair and eyes is either reduced or absent. The main complications from albinism are compromised eyesight, sun sensitivity and emotional concerns. Taking steps to cope with this ... [... more]
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How to Care for Someone With Dyslexia
Dyslexia is a learning disability characterized by difficulty processing sequences of letters or numbers. There is no medical cure, however, a great number of behavioral strategies are available to help people with dyslexia live and develop ... [... more]
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How to Help a Child With Nonverbal Learning Disorder
Imagine how life would be if the only way you had of obtaining information through verbal means. Though our society places a high premium on strong verbal skills, we have so many other ways of obtaining and processing new information. We use ... [... more]
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How to Increase Your Understanding of Mosaic Down Syndrome
Down Syndrome occurs when a baby has an extra 21st chromosome, meaning that each of their cells contain 47 chromosomes instead of 46 chromosomes like most people. Rarely, though, a child has two cell groupings--some cells have the extra 21st ... [... more]
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