A Life That Counts

Prematurity and Ways to Deal with Learning Difficulties (Source:pbsparent) Pre-term birth is defined as being born before the 37 weeks age of gestation. A child who was born within this range is considered as a premature. Common issues among premature babies are their social and developmental difficulties, physical problems and learning disadvantage that is probably brought by medical complications at birth and an early environment that does provide adequate stimulation.  For me, it is a mere stereotype for people born too soon, almost all people I knew who are in that same shoe doesn't present the problems at all as enumerated above. Some were even board topnotchers and very successful in life. Others just live normally like everybody else. However, being premature plus combination of other serious factors could lead to brain alteration that may lead to learning problems in the future. For some, it is true perhaps depending on the severity of prematurity. Alth