Posts Tagged ‘children with disabilities’

Preventing disabilities in the baby

If you consume folic acid during pregnancy in the first quarter, you can prevent various defects in neural tube (spine and skull). It is advisable to take at least 400 micrograms per day. Another key point that helps to prevent possible disabilities in the baby been linked to consumption of alcohol and snuff.

Child disability

Consume could actually cause a drop in weight in small at birth or advance deliveries. Among the most common problems we see auditory, visual or learning disabilities, attention disorders and other birth defects. So you should avoid smoking and alcohol while pregnant.

Even more dangerous is the use of drugs such as cocaine, which can lead to serious damage in the brain of small, premature birth and children who weigh much less than recommended at the time of birth. Read the rest of this entry »

Toys for children with disabilities

The game helps to stimulate the physical and cognitive development, so it should be a common activity for all children regardless of age, race or social condition and it is thus that the toy has a prominent place in the stimulation of the child and especially in children, who have some disability.

Child toy

In the case of children with disabilities, the family plays a key role, which becomes bridge mediator between the toy and the child, because it encourages the child to take the initiative, while promoting the stimulus, it is also important that parents can adapt toys for your child to enjoy and take more out of it.

Children who suffer from hearing disability may be offered the same toys for any child, such as dolls, board games, or bicycles, deaf children do better toys with sound effects, accompanied by vibration, movement and lights. It is interesting to have volume control or headphone output, to better fit the child’s hearing level. Read the rest of this entry »