Lockdown benefits ‘a drop in the bucket compared to the costs’, landmark study finds - UK

‘draconian measures taken in spring 2020 had 'negligible impact' on Covid mortality compared with lighter-touch countries’

From Telegraph website:

Lockdown saved as few as 1,700 lives in England and Wales in spring 2020, according to a landmark study which concludes the benefits of the policy were “

Transdisciplinary teamwork gets 'up close and personal'. Is that why we are afraid of it?

We are humans, not robots - we have to cater for human emotions as we move forward

In my early reading about the education of young children who have cerebral palsy, I learned that the ideal approach as used in some parts of USA was transdisciplinary teamwork. I could easily tune into this because,

Functional Neuroplasticity and Motor Skill Change Following Gross Motor Interventions for Children With Diplegic Cerebral Palsy

Paper by Alicia J. Hilderley, PhD et al

ABSTRACT

Background: Gross motor intervention designs for children with diplegic cerebral palsy (DCP) require an improved understanding of the children’s potential for neuroplasticity.

Objective: To identify relations between functional neuroplasticity and mot

Social protection for people with disabilities in Europe

European Social Policy Network analysis of policies in 35 countries

From Coface website:

The European Social Policy Network (ESPN), which supports the European Commission in monitoring progress towards EU social protection, prepared a Synthesis Report collecting the findings from 35 national

Patients and Families as Partners in Patient-Oriented Research: How Should They Be Compensated?

Paper by Monika Novak-Pavlic et al

Abstract

Patient and family engagement has become a widely accepted approach in health care research. We recognize that research conducted in partnership with people with relevant lived experience can substantially improve the quality of that research and lead to m

Place Matters: The environment we create shapes the foundations of healthy development

Working paper from Center on the Developing Child

‘A wide range of conditions in the places where children live, grow, play, and learn can get “under the skin” and affect their developing brains and other biological systems. Rapidly advancing science around early childhood development provides incre

Systematic Review of Fluoride Exposure and Neurodevelopmental and Cognitive Health Effects

‘...higher fluoride exposure...is associated with lower IQ and other cognitive effects in children’

Conclusion: NTP (US National Toxicology Program) concludes that fluoride is presumed to be a cognitive neurodevelopmental hazard to humans. This conclusion is based on a moderate level of evidence tha

Report: Included, Every Step of the Way

Upholding the rights of migrant and displaced children with disabilities

From Unicef:

'Children with disabilities and children on the move represent highly diverse populations living in a broad range of circumstances. But as two of the most marginalized groups of children in the world, there is much