Wednesday, 9 November 2011

Physical Disabilities Are No Obstacle When it Comes to Taekwondo





Physical Disabilities Are No Obstacle When it Comes to Taekwondo

Taekwondo is about a lot of things. It's about balance and harmony between the physical and the spiritual, tolerance, rising above challenges, and standing up for and protecting the innocent. It's not about violence, domination, and winning at all costs. Paul Hickerson, a trained marital artist and martial arts instructor upholds these philosophies with his weekly Taekwondo class for adults with developmental disabilities.

Interactive Whiteboards Resources For Kids With an Intellectual Disability






Interactive Whiteboards Resources For Kids With an Intellectual Disability
Interactive White Board resources generally have an animated character or a highly attractive visual aid that teaches a particular subject in a fun manner. These resources can be helped to teach students various foundation subjects like science, math and language. A great positive point of these resources is its capability to be customized. Different children need different educational content as well various methods of teaching. Interactive Whiteboard can be customized as per the needs of the students. For example, a different IWB resource can be researched and formatted to suit the needs of a dyslexic kid with slower pace of lesson and high repetition.

Tuesday, 8 November 2011

A Few Facts About Learning Disabilities





A Few Facts About Learning Disabilities

Neurological disorders give rise to learning disabilities and this can have an effect on the individual's social and intellectual development. Sometimes, children with learning disabilities are smarter than children of their own age, but have difficulty in listening, writing, thinking, spelling, reading to name a few. The learning process for someone with a learning disability is more difficult and also different. However, parents should not despair as many famous people had learning disabilities, for example, Walt Disney had trouble reading all his life, Albert Einstein was unable to read till he was about nine years old and the famous actor Whoopi Goldberg also has a learning disability.

Cures for Irritable Bowel Syndrome






Cures for Irritable Bowel Syndrome

Irritable Bowel Syndrome is a disorder that occurs when muscles in the intestines contract faster or slower than normal and create pain, cramping, excessive gas, sudden bouts of diarrhea, or prolonged periods of constipation.
While there currently is no cure for IBS, there are many strategies you can use to better manage your symptoms. Experts claim the most important thing you can do to cure IBS is to avoid all products containing wheat, dairy and sugar.