Monthly Archives: January 2022

GUYANA The name Guyana (from Arawak Wayana) means “Land of many waters.” Guyana mostly consists of rolling highlands with a low coastal plain and savannah in the south. The highest point is Mount Roraima at 2,835 m. Capital: Georgetown Population: … Continue reading →

Suriname (Surinam, Republic of Suriname is on the northeastern Atlantic coast and bordered by French Guiana to the east, Guyana to the west, and Brazil to the south. Capital: Paramaribo Area: 165,000 square kilometers (the smallest sovereign state in South America Population: 575,990 most live on the country’s north coast in or … Continue reading →

People with Asperger’s Syndrome have an unusual profile of cognitive (i.e. thinking and learning) abilities. Some young children start school with academic abilities above their grade level – advanced literacy and numeracy often self-taught from an early age by watching … Continue reading →

They all have one thing in common: the language feels unnatural. Hans Asperger (1944) The DSM-IV states about AS people: ‘there is no clinically significant general delay in language’ but most clinicians consider unusual specific and more subtle aspects of … Continue reading →

HOW TOO MUCH MINDFULNESS CAN SPIKE ANXIETY By David Robson 4th February 2021 BBC Stress, anxiety, productivity: mindfulness is often touted as a solution to nearly everything. But research shows that you can actually take meditation too far. For around … Continue reading →

The virus is already here Why travel bans are usually the wrong way to curb Omicron Most such restrictions are disruptive and ineffectual On December 31st, 2019, the World Health Organisation was told about a cluster of what appeared to be … Continue reading →