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The demise of Chidi Izuwah, a man described by those in medical space as “Father of Autism” in Nigeria has left a huge gap in the treatment, awareness and intervention of autism in Nigeria. In a country saddled with a high dose of religious and superstitious beliefs, many ailments and conditions are always seen as something spiritual or supernatural. One of the ailments that people are yet to come to terms with is Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD).
ASD is a neurodevelopmental disorder that affects a child’s ability to communicate, interact socially with his environment and also involves unusual behavior that might be repetitive and rigid in nature. This particular ailment has been viewed from different lenses ranging from superstitious to spiritual. The change of this perception has always been the lifetime project with the late Izuwah.
How UAE can help families raise kids with autism
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Parents in the UAE are looking up to the National Policy for Persons with ASD, hoping for more support for their children
Raising a child with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) comes with challenges only families and caregivers could understand. And when the UAE government announced a comprehensive policy covering several needs of people with ASD, many felt their concerns were understood.
Families in the UAE are looking up to the National Policy for Persons with ASD, hoping for more support for their children.
Announced in April this year, the new policy was approved under the ‘United for Autism’ vision to create an integrated system of procedures and standards to provide persons with ASD with easy-access services, facilitate and ensure their inclusion across all educational institutions, train more qualified professionals, and strengthen community awareness.
UAE: Mum hopes for equal opportunity for her special child
Bobby Thompson says dance therapy helps improve the condition of her daughter with ASD
November of 2015 was a special month for the Thompsons. They were blessed with a daughter, their second child. Over the next two years, Johanna Jerry Thompson achieved all her developmental milestones with ease. “She could feed herself, walk in fact, run string words into small sentences and was completely independent,” says Bobby Thompson, Johanna’s mother.
But right after two years and three months, her world changed. Johanna’s physical and mental development started stalling and then regressing.
Lead development candidate Zygel offers a potential goldmine of therapies for multiple conditions
Zygel is being developed for patients suffering from Fragile X syndrome, a genetic condition that causes learning disabilities
What Zynerba does:
Zynerba Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:ZYNE) is doing trailblazing work pushing clinical trials for cannabis-derived treatments. The specialty pharma company is developing novel transdermal CBD treatments for patients suffering rare epilepsies and neurological disorders.
The Devon, Pennsylvania-based company’s main product candidate is Zygel, a patent-protected CBD skin gel, which was earlier known as ZYNOO2.
Recent studies have suggested that neuropsychiatric conditions like Fragile X Syndrome the most common form of inherited learning disability and attention deficit disorder are associated with a disruption in the endocannabinoid system, and CBD may improve certain core social and behavioral symptoms by modulating the biol