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Fostering diverse communities
Social connections and friendships play a significant role in our lives. They give people a sense of inclusion in their communities and a sense of belonging.
Neurodevelopmental disabilities can affect how people communicate, learn, and act. Occasionally, these differences make it more difficult than usual to make friends and engage in social activities.
However, parents and other community members can contribute to the creation of more inclusive communities and increase the chances for people with neurodiverse abilities to form social relationships.
The following advice and methods will assist kids in acquiring the social and emotional competencies they need to make friends. Keep reading to find out how to help neurodiverse children build friendships and the benefits of practising social and emotional skills at home.- Greetings and asking questions. Make it a habit to practise greeting people all day long. Give your child an example of attentive listening by taking turns asking and responding to questions like, "How are you?"
- Calm physical movements. Children with neurodevelopmental disabilities may occasionally find it challenging to maintain body calm. Encourage your child to practise maintaining an arm's length distance between themselves and others in order to give their body enough space.
- Appropriate voice volume. Encourage your child to mimic your voice volume while listening. Practise turning the volume up and down as though your voice had a dial.
- Make eye contact. It can be challenging to look someone directly in the eyes, so encourage your child to practise looking at different parts of your face or their own eyes in the mirror instead.
- Observing and reacting to social signals Frequently. People communicate with more than just words. The various ways we express ourselves through body language and facial expressions are known as social signals. For kids who are neurodiverse, it can frequently be challenging to identify this. By asking what a person's body or face might be trying to say, you can help your child recognise common social signals
Physical activity enhances mental acuity more than sitting all day.
First off, you have less time for physical activity the more time you spend sitting and watching television. Participating in enough physical activity lowers your risk of dementia and cognitive decline. It should come as no surprise that if you spend a lot of time sitting and engaging in other sedentary activities, you run a higher risk of developing cognitive decline and dementia than someone who does not spend as much time sitting.
Is watching TV actually detrimental to your brain?
It's preferable to work out than watch television.
However, is watching television still bad for you if you exercise regularly? The initial research indicating that watching television is still detrimental to your brain was released in 2005. After taking into account the year of birth, gender, income, and level of education, the researchers found that the risk of getting Alzheimer's disease went up by 1.3 times for every additional hour of TV watching in middle age. Additionally, engaging in social and intellectually stimulating activities lowers the risk of developing Alzheimer's.
Less than 500 people participated in this study, but its conclusions have never been disagreed with. But how well would these findings apply to a larger sample of people?
TV watching and cognitive deterioration
In 2018, the UK Biobank study started following roughly 500,000 people who were 37 to 73 years old when they were first enrolled between 2006 and 2010. The reported demographic data was somewhat scant: 88% of the sample were classified as white, 11% as other, and 54% were female.
The researchers looked at the baseline results of the participants on a number of cognitive tests.
upcoming memory (remembering to do an errand on your way home)
spatial memory for images (remembering a route that you took)
adaptable intelligence (important for problem solving)
short-term memory for numbers (keeping track of numbers in your head).Many participants retook some tests five years later. The range of participants evaluated for each test was 12,091 to 114,373, depending on the test. The study's findings were clear. First, across all cognitive tests, watching more television at baseline was associated with poorer cognitive function.
Also, every test of cognitive ability showed that watching TV was linked to a drop in cognitive ability five years later.This kind of research can only infer that watching television contributes to cognitive decline.
Furthermore, the kind of sedentary activity selected was important. Driving and watching television were both associated with poorer cognitive function. However, using a computer was linked to better cognitive function at baseline and a lower risk of cognitive decline over the course of the five-year study.
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