Stroke is not rare in childhood; some youngsters are more at risk than others. Around half of those who suffer a stroke will have an underlying medical condition. Strokes can affect many things including a child’s movement, speech, behaviour and learning.

Neurodisability is wide range of conditions that affects brain function and can result in variety of difficulties for child like mobility, hand function, speech, hearing, vision, memory etc. It is thought 15 out of 100 children have some kind of Neurodisability.

There are different types of muscle disorders that can affect children. They come with a wide variety of symptoms, and they can range in severity. Genetic diagnosis helps to know future and advice family precisely.

Intellectual disability is a term used when a person has certain limitations in mental functioning, learning and basic skills such as communicating, taking care of him or herself, and social skills.

Children suffer from a number of different types of headaches. It is important to rule out any dangerous cause for their headache that may classify it as a “secondary headache”.

Around one child in every 200 has epilepsy. With correct diagnosis and management, majority of Epilepsies can be cured. Most children have normal education and live normal life.

Dyslexia is a lifelong problem. It is important, for both a child’s academic achievement and their self-esteem that it is recognised early and the right support is extended. You may remember film “Tare Zamin Paar” which exhibits this disorder.

Cerebral palsy refers to number of neurological disorders that results from any injury to growing brain, appear in infancy or early childhood and permanently affect body movement and muscle coordination but aren’t progressive, in other words, they don’t get worse over time – new term used is “Static Encephalopathy”

Tumour (swelling / cyst) in brain can present with headache, vomiting, weakness, visual difficulties etc. It has many causes; some of them are not that serious and some needs urgent medical attention.

It is a spectrum of developmental disorder that affects how child communicates with, and relates to others. Autism is at rise and according to recent survey from CDC – around one child in every 68 has Autism. It is a lifelong condition and can be managed so that child can live independent life.

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder is a genetically determined condition that affects those parts of the brain that control attention, impulses and concentration. It is estimated that 3 to 7% of school age children are affected by this disorder.