Cognitive+Disabilities

=__ Cognitive Disabilities __=

Cognitive Disabilities are disabilities that have to do something with the understanding of something. Some of the more common cognitive disabilities are listed below:

__Asperger's Syndrome -__ A developmental disorder that affects someone’s ability to socialize and communicate. May also cause the person to obsess over things.

__ Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) - __ The most common Cognition Disorder. Affects the person with inattentiveness, over-activity, and/or impulsivity.

__ Sensory Integrative Dysfunction - __ A neurological disorder due to the body’s inability to process information from one of the five basic senses.

__ Specific Learning Disability - __ A disorder with any number of the central nervous system’s ability to process information received through perception, understanding, and/or verbal or nonverbal language. These are examples of an SLD: __ Dyslexia __ __ Dysgraphia __ __ Dyscalculia __ __ Dyspraxia __ __Visual Perceptual Deficit__ __Auditory Perceptual Deficit__

__ Tourette's Syndrome (TS) - __ A disorder in which the person has repetitive and involuntary movements and vocalizations.

__ Acquired Brain Injury - __ An injury to the brain after birth.

__ Assistive Technology __
 * __External Cueing Systems -__ Used to remind someone with a cognitive disability to do something.


 * Context-Aware Task Guidance Systems- Used for helping people with cognitive disabilities to navigate in a smaller environment.