{"id":3079,"date":"2022-02-21T17:41:39","date_gmt":"2022-02-21T17:41:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chap.haifa.ac.il\/neurological-and-chronic-diseases\/"},"modified":"2024-06-09T08:02:55","modified_gmt":"2024-06-09T08:02:55","slug":"neurological-and-chronic-diseases","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/chap.haifa.ac.il\/en\/home\/neurological-and-chronic-diseases\/","title":{"rendered":"Neurological and chronic diseases"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Neurodevelopmental Disorders (NDD)<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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Neurodevelopmental disabilities are a group of health conditions (attention deficit\/hyperactivity disorder, learning disabilities, autism, and developmental coordination disorder) characterized by conditions in daily functioning, personal relationships, and social functioning. The nervous system involves the brain, spinal cord, and nerves that control the human body in a variety of ways, and this brain structure can manifest differently depending on the cause, location, and severity of the injury. Some symptoms include pain, paralysis, difficulty in coordination, confusion, restlessness, and decreased attention. Neurological conditions are often chronic. The course of the disease is determined by the type of disease and the individual’s lifestyle.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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Chronic diseases are characterized by a long-term effect on the patient. While some diseases are stable and do not change over time (e.g., celiac disease), others may worsen over time (e.g., Parkinson’s). Also, there are states of temporary exacerbation which is manifested in exacerbation of symptoms which in time there is a return to the ongoing state known to the person.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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It is common for neurological and chronic diseases to affect the way a person performs daily activities. Their performance may differ from how they would have performed it without the disease. In particular,\u00a0 changes occur in the person’s occupations and daily activities.\u00a0 As an example, a girl with celiac disease who must eat special foods might not otherwise participate in social activities the same way her friends do.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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Every disease or condition is distinctive for each individual. It\u2019s important for us to know what symptoms you have and how they affect your daily life.\u00a0<\/p>

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Do you find it difficult to think?<\/p>

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As part of the evaluation and intervention process, we use tools developed and researched in the lab.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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A suite of online computerized handwriting evaluation tools including a laptop computer, data collection and analysis
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A self-report questionnaire for examining functional cognition.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\tRead more \u00bb\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t

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Assessment tools developed in the Lab A new version of this page will be uploaded shortly.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\tRead more \u00bb\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Neurodevelopmental Disorders (NDD) What are Neurodevelopmental disabilities? Neurodevelopmental disabilities are a group of health conditions (attention deficit\/hyperactivity disorder, learning disabilities, autism, and developmental coordination disorder) characterized by conditions in daily functioning, personal relationships, and social functioning. The nervous system involves the brain, spinal cord, and nerves that control the human body in a variety of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":3403,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_header_footer","meta":{"ocean_post_layout":"","ocean_both_sidebars_style":"","ocean_both_sidebars_content_width":0,"ocean_both_sidebars_sidebars_width":0,"ocean_sidebar":"0","ocean_second_sidebar":"0","ocean_disable_margins":"enable","ocean_add_body_class":"","ocean_shortcode_before_top_bar":"","ocean_shortcode_after_top_bar":"","ocean_shortcode_before_header":"","ocean_shortcode_after_header":"","ocean_has_shortcode":"","ocean_shortcode_after_title":"","ocean_shortcode_before_footer_widgets":"","ocean_shortcode_after_footer_widgets":"","ocean_shortcode_before_footer_bottom":"","ocean_shortcode_after_footer_bottom":"","ocean_display_top_bar":"default","ocean_display_header":"default","ocean_header_style":"","ocean_center_header_left_menu":"0","ocean_custom_header_template":"0","ocean_custom_logo":0,"ocean_custom_retina_logo":0,"ocean_custom_logo_max_width":0,"ocean_custom_logo_tablet_max_width":0,"ocean_custom_logo_mobile_max_width":0,"ocean_custom_logo_max_height":0,"ocean_custom_logo_tablet_max_height":0,"ocean_custom_logo_mobile_max_height":0,"ocean_header_custom_menu":"0","ocean_menu_typo_font_family":"0","ocean_menu_typo_font_subset":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_size":0,"ocean_menu_typo_font_size_tablet":0,"ocean_menu_typo_font_size_mobile":0,"ocean_menu_typo_font_size_unit":"px","ocean_menu_typo_font_weight":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_weight_tablet":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_weight_mobile":"","ocean_menu_typo_transform":"","ocean_menu_typo_transform_tablet":"","ocean_menu_typo_transform_mobile":"","ocean_menu_typo_line_height":0,"ocean_menu_typo_line_height_tablet":0,"ocean_menu_typo_line_height_mobile":0,"ocean_menu_typo_line_height_unit":"","ocean_menu_typo_spacing":0,"ocean_menu_typo_spacing_tablet":0,"ocean_menu_typo_spacing_mobile":0,"ocean_menu_typo_spacing_unit":"","ocean_menu_link_color":"","ocean_menu_link_color_hover":"","ocean_menu_link_color_active":"","ocean_menu_link_background":"","ocean_menu_link_hover_background":"","ocean_menu_link_active_background":"","ocean_menu_social_links_bg":"","ocean_menu_social_hover_links_bg":"","ocean_menu_social_links_color":"","ocean_menu_social_hover_links_color":"","ocean_disable_title":"default","ocean_disable_heading":"default","ocean_post_title":"","ocean_post_subheading":"","ocean_post_title_style":"","ocean_post_title_background_color":"","ocean_post_title_background":0,"ocean_post_title_bg_image_position":"","ocean_post_title_bg_image_attachment":"","ocean_post_title_bg_image_repeat":"","ocean_post_title_bg_image_size":"","ocean_post_title_height":0,"ocean_post_title_bg_overlay":0.5,"ocean_post_title_bg_overlay_color":"","ocean_disable_breadcrumbs":"default","ocean_breadcrumbs_color":"","ocean_breadcrumbs_separator_color":"","ocean_breadcrumbs_links_color":"","ocean_breadcrumbs_links_hover_color":"","ocean_display_footer_widgets":"default","ocean_display_footer_bottom":"default","ocean_custom_footer_template":"0","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3079","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chap.haifa.ac.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3079","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chap.haifa.ac.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chap.haifa.ac.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chap.haifa.ac.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chap.haifa.ac.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3079"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/chap.haifa.ac.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3079\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4868,"href":"https:\/\/chap.haifa.ac.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3079\/revisions\/4868"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chap.haifa.ac.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3403"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chap.haifa.ac.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3079"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}