Therapeutic Resources Blog
Veterans Will Be First to Try Cyber Physical Therapy
June 8, 2015
The Internet has been transformational, from how we communicate with friends and family to how we shop, and more recently, how we heal. Physical therapy is the latest treatment to become telemedicine, with an experimental system now connecting specialists to patients to provide help they otherwise couldn't get, aiding recovery from serious ailments, from broken limbs to stroke. Read More »
Animals’ presence might ease social anxiety in children with autism
June 5, 2015
When animals are present, children with autism spectrum disorders have lower readings on a device that detects anxiety and other forms of social arousal while interacting with their peers, according to a new study. Read More »
Learning to manage a child’s autism with limited communication
June 4, 2015
Parents offer insight into raising non-verbal special needs children Read More »
Is It Ordinary Memory Loss, or Alzheimer’s Disease?
June 3, 2015
(From the New York Times Wellness Blog) Soon after her 65th birthday, a close friend became increasingly worried about her memory, wondering if she could have the beginnings of dementia. Read More »