Day 51: Lead Exposure and Learning Disabilities

Lead can be found in several different sources, including contaminated dust, leaded paint, leaded gasoline, water from leaded pipes, and certain unregulated medicines. The medical community has long warned about the harmful effects of lead exposure on people’s health, particularly the health of young children. According to the World Health Organization, lead poisoning can leave a profound and permanent impact on brain development and the nervous system. Children are especially vulnerable because they absorb four to five times as much ingested lead as adults from a given source (https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/lead-poisoning-and-health). Those most at risk include children who mouth or eat non-food items and children who are undernourished. Increased lead exposure can result in more severe symptoms of learning problems and behavioral difficulties, including a reduced attention span.

Be sure to adhere to the guidelines for prevention and management of lead poisoning from your child’s doctor. For more information on how MSR Legal can help your child with learning disabilities, book a consultation on my website, https://www.MSRLegal.ORG/Book-Your-Consultation. Also, follow @MSRLegalConsulting on Instagram as I post about the changing landscape of special education in the wake of Covid-19.

Be well,

Oroma

P.S. Don’t forget to RSVP to MidtownSpeechNYC@gmail.com for my live, virtual conversation with Rebecca Iswara, M.S., CCC-SLP, TSSLD about independent educational evaluations and seeking new school placements. Our talk will take place on Wednesday, June 3rd via Zoom from 8:00 pm to 8:30 pm.

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